PublicationsResearchGender-based Violence, Urban Safety"That Place is KwaMnyamandawo" : Fear and Survival Strategies Among Homeless Women Living in Inner-City JohannesburgThis study explores the fears and experiences of violence among homeless women living in inner city Johannesburg (2004). It forms part of a larger investigation initiated by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) which explored the relationship between space, time and sexual violence, with a view to identifying ways to reduce the rate of sexual violence,… Read More Joy Dladla, Samantha Hargreaves, Stephen Greenberg and Lisa VettenDecember 1, 2004
PublicationsResearchUrban Safety, Violence in TransitionSpaces of Violence, Places of Fear: Urban Conflict in Post-Apartheid South AfricaThis paper explores South Africa's culture of violence. It engages with trends and patterns of conflict in the post-apartheid nation to reflect on some of the continuities and changes in violence over the nation's transition from apartheid to democracy. Read More Bronwyn HarrisJune 2, 2003
PublicationsResearchUrban Safety"We are Living in a Forgotten Place": Safety in the Cross-Border Parts of the City of TshwaneThis report is based on research that was undertaken in the city of Tshwane. For the purposes of this research four areas in the Tshwane metro were selected: GaRankuwa, Mabopane, Winterveld and Temba. This report reflects on how the unique characteristics of these four areas impacts on crime in the Metro. It also provides an overview of existing crime prevention activities… Read More Ingrid Palmary and Kindisa NgubeniJanuary 6, 2003
PublicationsResearchCorrectional Services, Urban SafetyThinking Big: The National Urban Renewal Programme and Crime Prevention in South Africa's Metropolitan CitiesThis paper focuses only on implementation of the Urban Renewal Programme (URP) in the Metropolitan Municipalities, in line with the scope of the CSVR's City Safety Project. There was at the time two Urban Renewal Nodes (Mndantsane and Galeshewe) located in non-metropolitan municipalities, which will not be discussed in this report. Read More Janine RauchDecember 2, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Urban SafetyCrime in South Africa's Metropolitan AreasThe following document depicts graphs and information based on data previously obtained from the South African Police Services (SAPS). The SAPS data were reflected as crimes recorded by the SAPS by police area. Total figures for each crime type were calculated for the year 2001, and an overall number ascertained for each of the following six Metropolitan areas: Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni,… Read More Mark IsserowDecember 1, 2002
PublicationsResearchCriminal Justice, Policing, Urban SafetyMetropolitan Police Services in South AfricaThis subsequent report aims to contribute to documenting the evolution of municipal policing in South Africa. Establishing fully operational police agencies is no easy task, and all municipal police agencies face steep learning curves in their initial years. It is therefore useful to document the development of this form of local policing in South Africa. Read More Gareth Newham, Themba Masuku and Lulama GomomoNovember 4, 2002
