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The article provides an overview of the main interventions proposed in the South African National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) as well as a discussion of the aims and principles of the strategy in the context of sociological/criminological theories of crime, philosophical theories of punishment, and patterns and strategies for controlling cr...
Crime and State Control in South Africa. NCJ Number. 132913. Editor (s) D Hansson, D V Z Smit. Date Published. 1990. Length. 285 pages. Annotation. Intellectual traditions underpinning South Africa's criminal justice system include legal reformist criminology, Afrikaner nationalist criminology, and critical criminology. Abstract.
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Feb 10, 2021 · The SAPS was thus required to ‘ensure the safety and security’ and ‘uphold and safeguard’ the fundamental constitutional rights of ‘all persons’ in South Africa, ‘reflect respect for victims of crime and an understanding of their needs’, co-operate with ‘the communities it serves’ to reduce crime, and submit to civilian ...
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Introduction. The Inclusive Society Institute and In Transformation Initiatives hosted a series of panel discussions to assess the state of crime intelligence in South Africa. These discussions were held on 19 July 2021 and 6 October 2021. They arose from a general concern about the negative impact that high levels of crime had on the social ...
Sep 19, 2014 · Using the previous 12 months as a yardstick, we can expect that interpersonal violence and property crime will have affected hundreds of thousands more South Africans. For crimes such as rape, domestic violence, and assault – including assaults against children – the number of cases recorded are a small fraction of those that actually occur.
Nov 17, 2021 · In view of Africa’s ongoing and deepening engagement with China, it is worth asking what South Africa can learn from that culture when it comes to some of its most pressing social problems. The ...
Between 1994 and 1999, violent crime increased by 22%. Property crime increased by 15% over the same period, followed by commercial crime (7%), arson and malicious damage to property (7%) (figure 3).11 By global standards, South Africa has high levels of violent crime. In 1999, a third of all crimes recorded by the police in South Africa were ...
