PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Criminal Justice, Policing, Transitional JusticeProposal for International and Local Monitoring in the TransitionThis proposal sets out guidelines for monitoring of political violence in the immediate future. The proposal covers both local (domestic) and international monitoring agencies. While monitoring is often assumed to refer to all aspects related to political conflict, the accepted focus of monitoring in the international context is the conduct of armed forces. Read More Etienne MaraisAugust 1, 1992
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingContextualising the Waddington ReportThis paper is a submission to the Goldstone Standing Commission into the Prevention of Public Violence and Intimidation into Events at Boipatong, August 1992. The purpose of this submission is to provide a contextual understanding of the findings of the inquiry by Dr. P.A.J. Waddington into the police investigation of and response to the events at Boipatong on 17 June 1992. It contains recommendations in relation to policing which are essential if the police force is to effectively serve the people of Boipatong and other communities. Read More Janine Rauch and Etienne MaraisAugust 1, 1992
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Youth ViolenceYouth and Political Violence: The Problem of Anomie and the Role of Youth OrganisationsThis paper examines the various areas of township youth's lives which have almost completely broken down, particularly family and schools. These areas of life are also the sites of violence which form a daily part of African youths' lives. The author argues that the traditional authority of parents and teachers no longer has the legitimacy that it once had and this leaves a huge gap in the lives of youths that desperately needs to be filled. Read More Monique MarksJuly 30, 1992
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Transitional JusticePolicing the Periphery: Police and Society in South Africa's 'Homelands'This working paper attempts to account for the character of the police forces in the homelands. It also briefly sets out some of the issues to be addressed in the process of re-incorporating (re-integrating) the police institutions of the TBVC states and self-governing territories into a national policing agency. Read More Etienne MaraisJune 30, 1992
PublicationsResearchEx-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, GenderWomen, the Military and Militarisation: Some Questions Raised by the South African CaseThis paper illustrates how women, far from being marginalised from the process of militarisation, can actively contribute towards it. It also illustrates the similarities in the position of women in conventional and guerrilla armies. The South African case shows the durability of patriarchy and the fragility of the gains made for women during periods of war. It sharpens the debate about the relation between equal rights and women's participation in armies. Read More Jacklyn CockApril 24, 1992
PublicationsResearchPolicing, SAPSSouth African Police Basic Training: A Preliminary AssessmentThis paper provides an assessment of current basic training provisions in the South African Police (SAP), and examines what changes have been made to basic police training since the process of political reform began in 1990. This report on SAP basic training forms part of a larger research project examining the problems of policing in South Africa and the potential for reform. Read More Janine RauchApril 1, 1992
