This report considers the feasibility of establishing a Victim Compensation Scheme (VCS) in South Africa. It begins by providing an overview of the nature and extent of violent crime in the country. This is considered critical to understanding the foundation…
This paper presents a policy and budget analysis of the criminal justice sector – police, courts, prisons and some aspects of the welfare system – in South Africa. It outlines the priorities of the criminal justice agencies in South Africa…
The subsequent document is a collection of papers presented at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation Seminar July 2001. It describes racism and analyses the different facets relating to racism such as the multiple identities and origins…
The subsequent report provides a brief update on the state of municipal policing in South Africa as at June 2001.
As a response to President Mandela's address at opening of Parliament in 17 Feb 1995, which raised concerns about crime, a National Crime Prevention Strategy was developed in early February 1995. This paper takes a look at that initiative from…
"I don't know if you've seen Yizo Yizo?" asks Morris (not his real name), a recently released ex-prisoner who has spent close to three decades in South African prisons. He is explaining to us how inmates can tell which of…