PolicyPublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingSouth Africa's Criminal Justice System: Policy and PrioritiesThis 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 by describing recent national government policy and budget allocations. It also examines new developments, such the business-supported 'integrated justice system'… Read More Eric Pelser and Janine RauchJuly 2, 2001
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Reparations, Transitional JusticeSentencing: A Compensation Scheme for Victims of Crime in South AfricaThis 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 for such a compensation scheme and for realistically costing such an endeavor. The report also briefly documents the economic, physical… Read More CSVRJuly 2, 2001
PublicationsResearchCrime Prevention, Criminal JusticeThe 1996 National Crime Prevention StrategyAs 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 the point of view of implementation, financing and structuring. Read More Janine RauchJune 1, 2001
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingThe Operation of the Criminal Justice System in Dealing with the Violence at AmplatsThe report examines the operation of the criminal justice system, specifically the process of crime investigation and prosecution, in relation to the violence (and other acts of criminality) which have occurred at the Amplats mines in the North West and Northern Provinces and in some of the informal settlements which are situated nearby. Read More David BruceApril 2, 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
