PublicationsResearchStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Urban SafetyA State of Sexual Tyranny. The Prevalence, Nature and Causes of Sexual Violence in South AfricaIn 2006 the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cabinet committee decided to contract the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) to carry out research aimed at enhancing understanding of the nature of violence in South Africa with a view to strengthening government's response to this problem. The following report is on the nature and causes of… Read More David Bruce, Romi Fuller, Collet Ngwane and Angelica PinoNovember 1, 2008
PublicationsResearchStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Urban SafetyCase Studies of Perpetrators of Violent CrimeIn 2006 the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cabinet committee decided to contract the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) to carry out research aimed at enhancing understanding of the nature of violence in South Africa with a view to strengthening government’s response to this problem. The overall project was largely underpinned by an interest in… Read More Venessa Barolsky, Suren Pillay, Nadia Sanger and Catherine L. WardNovember 1, 2008
PublicationsResearchStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Urban SafetyAdding Injury to Insult. How Exclusion and Inequality Drive South Africa's Problem of ViolenceIn 2006 the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cabinet committee decided to contract the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) to carry out research aimed at enhancing understanding of the nature of violence in South Africa with a view to strengthening government's response to this problem. This document is the report on the fourth component of… Read More Anthony AltbekerOctober 31, 2008
PublicationsResearchStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Urban SafetyStudy of the Violent Nature of Crime in South Africa – Creating a Violence Free SocietyThe following document is a presentation by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, at a press briefing of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster 25 August 2008. it is an effort aimed at tackling violence by presenting an overall picture of the nature of violence in South Africa, a framework for understanding violence, posing significant questions… Read More CSVRAugust 24, 2008
PublicationsResearchStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Urban SafetyThe Violent Nature of Crime in South Africa – A Concept Paper Prepared for the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security ClusterThis concept paper represents the first component of an overall project on the violent nature of crime, which has been commissioned by the Department of Safety and Security acting on behalf of the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster. The objectives of the concept paper are to determine the landscape of the nature of violence in South Africa. To tackle… Read More CSVRAugust 24, 2008
PublicationsResearchStudy on the Violent Nature of Crime, Urban SafetyStreets of Pain, Streets of Sorrow – The Circumstances of the Occurrence of Murder in Six Areas with High Rates of MurderIn 2006 the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security (JCPS) Cabinet committee decided to contract the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) to carry out research aimed at enhancing understanding of the nature of violence in South Africa with a view to strengthening government’s response to this problem. This document, then, is the report on the second component… Read More CSVRAugust 24, 2008
