This report reflects the findings of a survey of witnesses ,including victims and other prosecution and defence witnesses, conducted in late 2003 at three magistrates' courts in Gauteng. The report discusses the Intimidation, overall satisfaction, sense of being appreciated and…
This paper looks at the incidence of lethal police violence since, and prior to, the transition to democracy in South Africa in the mid 1990s. The purpose of the paper is to clarify what is known about levels of deaths…
The aim of this report is to provide knowledge about the nature of crime in rural areas of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan local government so as to enhance the capacity of local authority and the South African Police Service (SAPS) to…
The primary aim of this report is to promote insight and debate into the issue of strengthening democratic policing in South Africa. This is done through exploring the importance and functioning of various police accountability mechanisms in South Africa.
This week's anniversary of June 16th 1976 is an appropriate time at which to reflect on questions of the state response to the recent wave of protests. The brutal police response to the 1976 demonstrations set off a wave of…
This document contains the results of the 2004 South African Police Service (SAPS) Johannesburg Area Transformation Survey as analyzed along the demographic variable of race. This survey was one part of a larger project exploring diversity and the transformation of…