ArticlesMediaCorrectional Services, Gender-based Violence, Violence PreventionBreaking the CycleThe BBC programme "Cage of Dreams" screened on Special Assignment on Tuesday 22 May 2001 illustrates the extent to which violence has become an institutional culture within prisons. The prison authorities have done little more than contain the levels of violence. More creative measures need to be introduced. Department of Correctional Services statistics indicate that 2980 assaults on prisoners, by… Read More CSVRMay 23, 2001
ArticlesMediaCorrectional Services, Criminal JusticeA Safe Place to HideLast year's Christmas Day assassination of a married couple Yusuf and Fahiema Enous who were to testify as witnesses in a Pagad related bombing trial made headline news for a couple of important reasons. On top of the horrific nature of the act that left a four-month-old baby lying in her dead mothers arms, the event was particularly newsworthy as… Read More CSVRFebruary 20, 2001
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Ex-combatant Reintegration and DemilitarisationNegotiating the Release of Political Prisoners in South AfricaThis case study will provide an overview as to the manner in which the release of political prisoners was linked to broader political concessions during the negotiation process in South Africa. It will also consider problems encountered in determining fixed cut-off dates for the granting of indemnity (and then amnesty) and the limited mechanisms put in place to deal with… Read More Kate SavageDecember 19, 2000
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Ex-combatant Reintegration and Demilitarisation, Restorative Justice, Torture and State ViolenceA Review of Government Expenditure on the National Crime Prevention Strategy 1996-1999This is a review of government expenditure on the National Crime Prevention Strategy of 1996 to 1999. The paper is part of a review carried out for the Department of Safety and Security. Read More Anthony Altbeker and Janine RauchJune 1, 1999
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Youth ViolenceKids Behind Bars: Talking to Young InmatesThis study points to the many factors driving children towards committing crime and shows that it is not feasible to expect correctional institutions alone to be responsible for dealing with the problem. Read More Amanda DisselFebruary 3, 1999
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Youth ViolenceChildren Serving Gaol Sentences: A Profile on Children Sentenced to PrisonThis paper aims to address the question of whether sentences of imprisonment are being used only in the last resort, and then only in cases where no other suitable remedy exists , and it tries to do so by looking at who are the children who are sentenced to imprisonment. This paper is based on a study conducted by the… Read More Amanda DisselFebruary 3, 1999
