PublicationsResearchCriminal JusticeUndamaged Reputations? Implications for the South African Criminal Justice System of the Allegations Against and Prosecution of Jacob ZumaIn the build-up to the ANC’s December 2007 conference, where Zuma was seen by some ANC members as the most suitable and favoured candidate for the presidency of the ANC and, by implication, the country, the handling of matters relating to this drawn-out political-legal saga by elements of the criminal justice system, continued to be of central political importance. In… Read More Aubrey MatshiqiOctober 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal JusticePrisons in South Africa's Constitutional DemocracyWhat should prisons in a constitutional democracy look like ?. This article will make the arguments that to make prisons compatible with a constitutional democracy, as understood in South Africa, four requirements would need to be met. Firstly that the prison system would have to possess an underlying philosophical framework derived from the Constitution. Secondly prisons must not violate the… Read More Lukas MuntinghOctober 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal JusticeDoing Time in a Gauteng Juvenile Correctional Centre for MalesDuring December 2004 and January 2005 the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) conducted fieldwork to survey male youths’ experiences of the Boksburg Youth Correctional Centre (BYC). Young men held at the Centre were randomly selected and interviewed on their experiences of violence, sex and sexual violence in prison as well as on more general personal features… Read More Sasha GearSeptember 3, 2007
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, PolicingGood Cops? Bad Cops? Assessing the South African Police ServiceThe South African Police Service is often a target of criticism, more often than not stemming from heightened public emotions regarding the high levels of crime in South Africa. Using the concept of democratic policing as its basis, a previous assessment attempts to evaluate the SAPS against a set of 39 measures. Providing an organization-wide view of the SAPS, the… Read More David BruceSeptember 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Criminal Justice, Gender-based ViolenceFear, Violence and Sexual Violence in a Gauteng Juvenile Correctional Centre for MalesDuring December 2004 and January 2005, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) conducted fieldwork for a survey with young offenders held at the Boksburg Youth Correctional Centre (BYC), a medium security institution for male juvenile offenders. The aim was to investigate their experiences related to violence, sex and sexual violence in prison. This brief outlines the… Read More Sasha GearSeptember 1, 2007
PublicationsResearchChildren and Youth, Correctional Services, Criminal JusticeExternal Evaluation of the Three Year Integrated Youth Offender Programme in Boksburg Correctional Centre South AfricaThe following is a report that previously presented the findings of the evaluation of the three year Integrated Youth Offender Project at Boksburg Correctional Centre. ( A project with the aim to deliver an integrated programme that tackled a critical range of risk and resilience issues, and factors associated with re-offending. ) Read More Margaret RoperAugust 1, 2007
