This paper discusses Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) statistics, and reviews what it is that they actually reveal. It shows that most complaints received by the ICD are not from victims of police brutality, but from members of the public dissatisfied…
The 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…
Whilst much has been written on human rights violations committed by the police in South Africa, including aspects that have utilized some quantitative data, especially in relation to political detainees, the bulk of these violations perpetrated by the South African…
Since the end of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), there have been few institutionalised spaces for South Africans to practically engage with personal memories and the apartheid past. This report considers and evaluates two of the few such spaces:…
This is a review of government expenditure on the National Crime Prevention Strategy of 1996 to 1999. The paper is part of a review carried out for the Department of Safety and Security.
This research was part of a continuing process aimed at developing the psychological profession into one which contributes meaningfully to the context in which it is situated, as well as into one which is taken seriously. The credibility of the psychological profession depends on it being able to offer effective services to a broad spectrum of people in diverse circumstances.