PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingSector Policing: What Are the Challenges?Increasingly, the SAPS has started to focus on implementing a strategy called 'sector policing'. This strategy calls for a more focused approach to policing at the local level including the establishment of 'sector crime forums (SCFs). This article will describe sector policing as a new initiative and consider some challenges to its effective implementation and also highlight gaps within the… Read More Millicent MarogaFebruary 2, 2004
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Domestic Violence Legislation, Gender-based ViolenceSouth African Criminal Law and Battered Women Who Kill: Discussion Document 2Battered women who kill their abusers in South Africa often face barriers to accessing criminal law defences to murder. This document explores the reforms necessary for women to gain access to the defences. It continues the discussion that began in Legal Defences For Battered Women Who Kill Their Abusers: Discussion Document 1. While the previous research focused on comparative law… Read More Hallie LudsinDecember 1, 2003
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingKilling and the Constitution – Arrest and the Use of Lethal ForceThis article sets out the major developments relating to Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act, the law relating to the use of lethal force for arrest, since 1994. It focuses on three key questions relevant to understanding provisions on the use of lethal force for arrest. Firstly the types of offences or situations in relation to which the use… Read More David BruceDecember 1, 2003
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingPolice Attitudes and Corruption: The Findings of the Police Integrity Measurement Survey at Three Police Stations in JohannesburgThis document presents the comprehensive datasets from the Police Integrity Measurement Survey, which represents the average perceptions of police members at all ranks in the stations where the research took place. This report was designed for use by the South African Police Services (SAPS) Johannesburg Area Commissioner in consultation with the author. Please note that this is not a formal… Read More Gareth NewhamOctober 1, 2003
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingPreventing Police Corruption: Lessons from the New York City Police DepartmentThis document aims to present the issues raised during the discussions that took place at the Digital Video Conference organised by the United Stated Embassy in Pretoria on 18 August 2003 between the Chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau and interested stakeholders in the fight against police corruption in South Africa. Every effort has been taken to ensure that this… Read More Gareth NewhamAugust 1, 2003
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingTowards an Anti-Corruption Strategy for SAPS Area JohannesburgThe aim of this document is to present suggestions that could become part of an anticorruption strategy for the South African Police Services (SAPS) Area Johannesburg. The ideas presented in this paper have been documented in much of the literature on dealing with police corruption. None of them are 'fool proof' and all would need careful consideration before being operationalised… Read More Gareth NewhamAugust 1, 2003
