PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingBuilding Respect for the Badge: The Management of the Use of Force by PoliceThis paper discusses how police managers should engage police regarding the use of force. Before doing so it looks at some of the features of police force, which are important in understanding the constraints and risks related to attempts to manage it. Read More David BruceSeptember 1, 2006
ArticlesMediaCriminal Justice, PolicingCrime Statistics: Hidden by the Long Veil of the LawSince 2001 official policy has been that crime statistics will only be released with the publication of the South African Police Service annual report in September. This means that the most current crime statistics in the public domain are already five months old when released in September each year. By July of the following year say these are 15 months… Read More CSVRJuly 28, 2006
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingTowards a New Approach: Monitoring Metropolitan Police Departments by the Gauteng Department for Community SafetySince the Metropolitan Police Departments (MPDs) operating in Gauteng were established three to four years ago, the Department of Community Safety has relied primarily on what has been termed 'Quarterly Reviews' to monitor these agencies. The purpose of this report is to analyse these 'Quarterly Review' reports with a view to establishing their utility for monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency… Read More Gareth NewhamJune 1, 2006
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Migrants and Xenophobia, Policing, RacismDiversity and Transformation in the South African Police Service: A Study of Police Perspectives on Race, Gender and the Community in the Johannesburg Policing AreaThe transformation of the South African Police Service (SAPS) by the country’s first democratically elected government started over a decade ago, in 1994. Over a decade later, very little research has been conducted on the impact this transformation process has had on the men and women that make up the SAPS. One of the primary aims of this report, therefore,… Read More Gareth Newham, Themba Masuku and Jabu DlaminiMarch 6, 2006
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingStaggering Under the Burden: ICD Policies on the Receipt of Complaints and on Investigations and Their Negative Impact on the ICD, on Public Confidence, and on Police DisciplineThis paper is not intended to discuss the legal mandate of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) but to rather discuss how it has interpreted this mandate. In recent years the ICD has adopted an approach in terms of which it aims to investigate all cases which it receives. As will be explained in this paper, the approach is not legally necessary,… Read More David BruceFebruary 6, 2006
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Gender-based ViolenceBattered Women Who Kill: Avenues for Legal/Political RecourseThis paper discusses the legal and political recourse available to battered women who kill. In particular, the paper discusses a possible basis for setting aside, substituting or reducing the sentences this category of women have received and are currently serving. Read More Karrisha PillayDecember 20, 2005
