PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Urban Safety, Violent TrendsPerceptions and Fear of Crime: The Alexandra Community Crime SurveyThis paper draws on interviews held in October and November 1991 with 34 residents of Alexandra and 18 key informants associated with defence, policing, health and welfare, education and the administration of the township. The paper attempts to profile how violent crime has impacted upon the lives of people living in an area of Alexandra, Gauteng. The research locates the broader questions about the nature, extent, impact and control of violent crime within the narrow context of a small, community-based study focusing on the respondents' perceptions of, and reactions to violent crime. Read More Vivi StavrouFebruary 2, 1993
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Mental HealthThe Mad Mrs. Rochester Revisited: The Involuntary Confinement of the Mentally Ill in South AfricaThe involuntary confinement of the mentally ill describes the legal process by which a person is imprisoned for an indeterminate period not because they have committed any criminal act but because they are allegedly ill. This paper raises a series of concerns with this practice, and its implementation in South Africa. It concludes by offering a series of legal and legislative reforms concerning the practice. Read More Nicholas Haysom, Martin Strous and Lloyd VogelmanFebruary 1, 1993
PublicationsResearchPolicing, Transitional JusticePolicing South Africa: Reform and ProspectsThe most significant police reform initiatives of the post-De Klerk period were the South African Police's Strategic Plan and the National Peace Accord provisions on policing. This paper evaluates these provisions, and critically assesses the state of police reform in South Africa. Read More Etienne Marais and Janine RauchOctober 1, 1992
PublicationsResearchViolence in Industry, Violence PreventionOvercoming Violence: The Role of BusinessWhat is the nature of violence? Where does it come from and what motivates those who perpetrate it? And what can business do to protect itself and its employees from the ravages of violence? With these questions in mind, The Innes Labour Brief approached Graeme Simpson and Lloyd Vogelman of the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation for their views on the subject. This paper is a collection of those views. Read More Graeme Simpson and Lloyd VogelmanOctober 1, 1992
PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Criminal Justice, PolicingReport of the Community Policing Working GroupThis paper attempts to clarify the concept of community policing and looks at its underlying principles and their significance for the South African context. Read More Etienne MaraisSeptember 4, 1992
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingA Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of the Peace Accord Code of Conduct on Police BehaviourThis paper analyses the impact of the Peace Accord Code of Conduct on Police Behaviour. Read More Janine RauchAugust 3, 1992
