PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Violence in TransitionReform and Stasis: Transformation in South African PrisonsThis paper will look at some of the important changes that have been brought about in policy and legislation regarding the prison system in the last few years. It will also look at some issues which create resistance to change in this area. Read More Amanda Dissel and Stephen EllisDecember 19, 2002
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Sexual ViolenceDaai Ding: Sex, Sexual Violence and Coercion in Men's PrisonsThis paper discusses the social circumstances surrounding both sex and violence amongst male inmates of South African prisons, and in particular, the apparently common convergence between the two - when sex is forced or performed in an act of violence. Data was gathered primarily through in-depth interviews and in-depth focus groups with ex-prisoners and current prisoners. Read More Sasha Gear and Kindisa NgubeniDecember 19, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingCivilian Review: A Proposed Role for Civilian Oversight Committees in Promoting Accountability in Municipal Police DepartmentsThis paper argues that the role played by civilian oversight committees should be modelled on that of the 'civilian review' agencies which have emerged in many countries, and which this paper describes. This would involve these agencies in focusing on questions of alleged or possible wrongdoing by the police. Their function would not be an investigative one but would involve… Read More David BruceDecember 2, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Torture and State ViolencePolice Brutality in South AfricaThe subsequent report is a previous attempt to understand the phenomenon of police brutality in South Africa. It forms part of a series of reports commissioned by the Southern African Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRINGON). These reports were intended to document information in the 11 SADC countries on the factors contributing to police brutality, on the form or nature and… Read More David BruceDecember 2, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Urban SafetyCrime in South Africa's Metropolitan AreasThe following document depicts graphs and information based on data previously obtained from the South African Police Services (SAPS). The SAPS data were reflected as crimes recorded by the SAPS by police area. Total figures for each crime type were calculated for the year 2001, and an overall number ascertained for each of the following six Metropolitan areas: Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni,… Read More Mark IsserowDecember 1, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Urban SafetyMetropolitan Police Services in South AfricaThis subsequent report aims to contribute to documenting the evolution of municipal policing in South Africa. Establishing fully operational police agencies is no easy task, and all municipal police agencies face steep learning curves in their initial years. It is therefore useful to document the development of this form of local policing in South Africa. Read More Gareth Newham, Themba Masuku and Lulama GomomoNovember 4, 2002
