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Crime and Justice: South Africa

SA CRIME QUARTERLY / NEDBANK CRIME INDEX

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN REVIEW 2001/2002

Sector Policing on the West Rand. Three Case Studies.
Jonny Steinberg, ISS Monograph No 110 (December 2004)

 

City Safety? Nelson Mandela Metro Municipality's Crime Reduction Strategy
Sibusiso Masuku, ISS Monograph No 103 (October 2004)

 

ISS Seminar, Centurion: The South Africa Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act: The Challenge of Implementation (29-30 November 2004)

 

ISS Paper 93: Unholy Alliance? Assessing the Links Between Organised Criminals and Terrorists in Southern Africa (October 2004) / PDF Version (145kb)

 

ISS Paper 92: Money Laundering in Southern Africa: Incidence, Magnitude and Prospects for its Control (October 2004) / PDF Version (142kb)

 

South African Drug Enforcement Handbook

Ted Leggett (September 2004)

 
ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Is there still a need for civilian oversight over the police?

Pretoria (07 October 2004)

 

ISS Seminar: Sector Policing. New Experiments in Policing?
Pretoria (13 July 2004)

ISS Seminar: Exploring the Links and Challenges to Policy: Guns and Violence Against Women in South Africa
Pretoria (22 June 2004)

 

ISS Seminar: Gated Communities
(Pretoria (24 March 2004)
 
ISS Seminar: Three Strikes Against Graft. Assessing the impact of high profile corruption cases in Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa. The implications for countering corruption in Southern Africa
Indaba Hotel, Gauteng, South Africa (15-17 March 2004)
 
ISS Seminar: Is South Africa Safer Than in 1998? The ISS 2003 National Victim Survey Provides Some Answers
Pretoria (03 March 2004)

Monograph No 96 (March 2004).The Scorpions: Analysing the Directorate of Special Operations
Jean Redpath
 
Monograph No 93 (January 2004). Private Muscle: Outsourcing the Provision of Criminal Justice Services
Martin Schönteich, Anthony Minnaar, Duxita Mistry, and KC Goyer
 
Money Laundering in South Africa
(PDF Format)
Chapter in Monograph No 90 (December 2003). Profiling Money Laundering: Eastern and Southern Africa
Charles Goredema
 
ISS Seminar: Are land invasions a catalyst for farm attacks?
Pretoria (4 November 2003)
 
An Act of Transformation: The Incorporation of the Rome Statute of the ICC into National Law in South Africa
Anton Katz in African Security Review Vol 12 No 4, 2003
Chapter 3: South Africa
(PDF Format)
Chapter in Monograph No 89 (October 2003). Penetrating State and Business: Organised Crime in Southern Africa, Volume 2
Edited by Peter Gastrow
 
Monograph No 88 (October 2003). Criminal Justice in Review 2001/2002
Ted Leggett, Antoinette Louw, Martin Schönteich and Makubetse Sekhonyane
 
ISS Paper 79 (October 2003): Diversion in South Africa: A review of Policy and Practice, 1990-2003
(PDF)
Catherine Wood
 
ISS Seminar: Can the Problem of Overcrowded Prisons be solved?
Pretoria (7 July 2003)
 
ISS Seminar: Can we save Central Johannesburg? Recommendations from a victim survey.
Pretoria (24 June 2003)
 
ISS Paper No 74 (June 2003):The social contradictions of organised crime on the Cape Flats
( PDF)
André Standing
 
Monograph No 84 (April 2003). Policing the Ports: Reducing Illicit Trafficking in South Africa
Anthony Minnaar
 
Monograph No 78 (April 2003). Rainbow Tenement: Crime and Policing in Inner Johannesburg
Ted Leggett
 
Re-Conceptualising Organised Crime
André Standing in African Security Review Vol 12 No 2, 2003
 
Measuring police performance: What do the police do, what should we expect of them?
Pretoria (24 March 2003)
 
Monograph No 81 (March 2003). 'Volk' Faith and Fatherland: The Security Threat Posed by the White Right
Martin Schönteich and Henri Boshoff
 
HIV/Aids in South Africa's Prisons: Reviewing our Policy Option
Pretoria (18 February 2003)

Presentation available in Powerpoint
 
Monograph No 79 (February 2003). HIV/AIDS in Prison: Problems, Policies and Potential
KC Goyer
 
ISS Paper No 66 (February 2003): What do the police do? Performance measurement and the SAPS
Ted Leggett
PDF
 
Monograph No 76 (January 2003). Justice through Specialisation? The Case of the Specialised Commercial Crime Court
Antony Altbeker
 
Urban Fortresses: Gated communities as a reaction to crime
Karina Landman & Martin Schönteich in African Security Review Vol 11 No 4, 2002
 
Presentation: Can specialised courts improve service delivery in the justice system? The case of the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria
26 November 2002
 
Monograph No 75 (October 2002). Making Courts Work: A Review of the IJS Court Centre in Port Elizabeth
Martin Schönteich
 
Conference Paper: Money laundering in South Africa (PDF)
Project Paper by Louis de Koker, Centre for the Study of Economic Crime, RAU University
1 September 2002
 
South Africa’s Operational and Legislative Responses to Terrorism
Chapter in Monograph No 74 (July 2002). Africa and Terrorism: Joining the Global Campaign
Edited by Jakkie Cilliers and Kathryn Sturman
 
ISS Paper 56 (May 2002): Tough Choices: Prioritising Criminal Justice Policies
Martin Schönteich
 
Monograph No 73 (May 2002). Leaner and Meaner? Restructuring the Detective Service
Jean Redpath
 
Monograph No 72 (April 2002). Violent Justice: Vigilantism and the State's Response
Makubetse Sekhonyane and Antoinette Louw
 
Does Capital Punishment Deter?
Martin Schönteich in African Security Review Vol 11 No 2, 2002
 
Monograph No 71 (March 2002). Not Everybody's Business: Community Policing in the SAPS' Priority Areas
Eric Pelser, Johann Schnetler & Antoinette Louw
 
Monograph No 69 (March 2002). Drugs and Crime in South Africa: A study in three cities
Edited by Ted Leggett
 
Institute for Security Studies
Submission to the Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security
Anti-terrorism Bill 2002
PDF File
 
Institute for Security Studies
Proposal: Counter-terrorism Bill
PDF File
(Date?)
 
ISS Paper 54B (January 2002): SAPS Border Control Units: An evaluation of the new detached duties
Ettienne Hennop and Clare Jefferson
 
Book (2002): Crime Prevention Partnerships: Lessons from Practice
Edited by Eric Pelser, Institute for Security Studies
 
Monograph No 67 (November 2001). Municipal Policing in South Africa: Development and Challenges
Janine Rauch, Mark Shaw and Antoinette Louw
 
Monograph No 65 (September 2001). Corruption in South Africa: Results of an Expert Panel Survey
Lala Camerer
 
Monograph No 64 (September 2001). Prison Privatisation in South Africa: Issues, Challenges and opportunities
KC Goyer
 
Monograph No 63 (September 2001). Fear in the City: Urban Terrorism in South Africa
Henri Boshoff, Anneli Botha and Martin Schonteich
 
Monograph No 58 (August 2001). Reducing Crime in Durban, a Victim Survey and Safer City Strategy
Rory Robertshaw, Antoinette Louw, Mark Shaw, Mduduzi Mashiyane & Sid Brettell
 
Monograph No 62 (July 2001). Attitudes to Firearms: The Case of Kwa Mashu, Tsolo-Qumbo and Lekoa Vaal
Clare Jefferson
 
Legislation in South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe to Combat Organised Crime
Charles Goredema
Chapter in Monograph No. 56 (June 2001). Organised Crime in Southern Africa: Assessing Legislation
Edited by Charles Goredema
 
Monograph No. 55 (May 2001). The Role of Firearms in Crime in South Africa: A Detailed Analysis of Police Dockets
by Ettienne Hennop, Jakkie Potgieter and Clare Jefferson
 
ISS Paper 49 (April 2001): Crime in South Africa: A Country and Cities Profile
Martin Schönteich and Antoinette Louw
 
Monograph No. 54 (April 2001). Theft from South African Mines and Refineries: The Illicit Market for Gold and Platinum
by Peter Gastrow
 
Monograph No 53 (March 2001). Lawyers for the People: The South African Prosecution Service
by Martin Schonteich
 
Monograph No 52 (March 2001). After Prison: The Case for Offender Reintegration
by Lukas Muntingh
 
ISS Paper No 48 (February 2001): Triad Societies and Chinese Organised Crime in South Africa
Peter Gastrow
 
ISS Paper No 47 (February 2001): Protecting the Whistle Blowers in South Africa: The Protected Disclosures Act, No 26 of 2000
Lala Camerer
 
Monograph No 51 (January 2001). Clean Money, Suspect Source: Turning Organised Crime against Itself
by Pieter Smit
 
ISS Paper 54B (January 2001): SAPS Border Control Units: An evaluation of the new detached duties
Ettienne Hennop and Clare Jefferson
 
Book (2000): Mission Impossible? E-Security in South Africa's Commercial and Financial Sectors
Aki Stavrou
 
Book (2000): Making South Africa Safe: A Manual for Community Based Crime Prevention
Initiated by the Department of Safety and Security and developed in partnership with the CSIR and the Institute for Security Studies
Published by the CSIR, Pretoria, 2000
 
Book (2000): Society Under Siege Vol III: Managing Arms in South Africa
Edited by Virginia Gamba with the assistance of Clare Hansmann
 
Terms of endearment: Bilateral donor engagement in fighting corruption in South Africa
Lala Camerer in African Security Review Vol 9 No 5/6, 2000
http://www.iss.org.za/Pubs/ASR/9No5And6/Contents.html

Forfeiting rights? Assessing South Africa’s asset forfeiture laws
Jean Redpath in African Security Review Vol 9 No 5/6, 2000
http://www.iss.org.za/Pubs/ASR/9No5And6/Contents.html
 
South Africa’s position in Africa’s crime rankings
Martin Schönteich in African Security Review Vol 9 No 4, 2000
 
Attacks on Farms and Smallholdings: An evaluation of the rural protection plan
Martin Schönteich and Jonny Steinberg
June 2000
 
Attacks on Farms and Smallholdings: An evaluation of the rural protection plan
Martin Schönteich and Jonny Steinberg
June 2000
(Same document, different links)
 
Monograph 48 (June 2000). From Urban Street Gangs to Criminal Empires: The changing face of gangs in the Western Cape
by Irvin Kinnes
 
Monograph 47 (May 2000). Poor Safety: Crime and policing in South Africa 's rural areas
by Eric Pelser, Antoinette Louw and Sipho Ntuli
 
Zero tolerance: The hard edge of community policing
Bill Dixon in African Security Review Vol 9 No 3, 2000
 
South Africa’s arsenal of terrorism legislation
Martin Schönteich in African Security Review Vol 9 No 2, 2000
 
The role of the public protector in fighting corruption
Gary Pienaar in African Security Review Vol 9 No 2, 2000
 
Monograph 45 (February 2000). Justice versus Retribution: Attitudes to Punishment in the Eastern Cape
by Martin Schonteich
 
Dirty Harry is back: Vigilantism in South Africa — The (re)emergence of the ‘good’ and ‘bad’ community
Daniel Nina in African Security Review Vol 9 No 1, 2000
 
ISS Paper No 43 (November 1999): Sentencing in South Africa - Public Perceptions and the Judicial Process
Martin Schönteich
 
ISS Paper No 42 (November 1999): The Challenges of Community Policing In South Africa
Eric Pelser
 
Dissolving boundaries: Private security and policing in South Africa
Ryan Carrier in African Security Review Vol 8 No 6, 1999
 
Main trends in the development of South Africa’s organised crime
Peter Gastrow in African Security Review Vol 8 No 6, 1999
 
ISS Paper No 40 (September 1999): Assessing the Crime Fighters - The Ability of the Criminal Justice System to Solve and Prosecute Crime
Martin Schönteich
 
Fighting crime with private muscle: The private sector and crime prevention
Martin Schönteich in African Security Review Vol 8 No 5, 1999
 
Monograph 39 (August 1999). Policing for Profit: The future of South Africa 's private security industry
by Jenny Irish
 
Urban Safety - Safety for All
Report of the International Conference for Crime Prevention Partnerships to Build Community Safety
Sarah Meek assisted by Kirsten Bowen-Willer
August 1999
(also available in French)
 
Age and Aids: South Africa’s crime time bomb
Martin Schönteich in African Security Review Vol 8 No 4, 1999
http://www.iss.org.za/Pubs/ASR/8No4/Contents.html
 
Police reform in South Africa: Peacebuilding without peacekeepers
Mark Malan in African Security Review Vol 8 No 3, 1999
 
ISS Paper No 38 (March 1999): Tackling the Multi-Headed Dragon - Evaluating Prospects for a Single Anti-Corruption Agency in South Africa
Lala Camerer
 
How organised is the state's response to organised crime?
Martin Schönteich in African Security Review Vol 8 No 2, 1999
 
Partnership policing: A role for the private security industry to assist the SAPS in preventing crime?
Anthony Minnaar in African Security Review Vol 8 No 2, 1999
 
Comparing crime in South Africa’s major cities: Results of four city victim surveys
Antoinette Louw in African Security Review Vol 8 No 1, 1999
 
The South African experience in dealing with communal violence
Danie Meyer in African Security Review Vol 8 No 1, 1999
 
Audit on Governmental and Non-Governmental Youth Crime Prevention Projects in Gauteng
Ettienne Hennop
1999 (No Link)
http://www.iss.org.za/Publications/confpapers.html
 
Special Report on Victim Empowerment in South Africa
Victim Empowerment Programme
Edited by Lala Camerer and Suzette Kotze
December 1998 (No Link)
http://www.iss.org.za/Publications/confpapers.html
 
Monograph 31 (November 1998). Solving Crime: The state of the SAPS detective service
by Antony Altbeker
 
Monograph 29 (October 1998). Correcting Corrections: Prospects for South Africa’s prisons
by Sarah Oppler
 
Monograph 28 (August 1998). Organised Crime In South Africa: An assessment of its nature and origins
by Peter Gastrow
 
ISS Paper No 34 (August 1998): Changing Paradigms in Policing – The Significance of Community Policing for the Governance of Security
Clifford Shearing
 
ISS Paper No 33 (August 1998): The Role of Local Government in Crime Prevention in South Africa
Mark Shaw
 
Crime in Pretoria: Results of a city victim survey
Antoinette Louw
August 1998
 
Assessing the State of South African Prisons
Sarah Oppler in African Security Review Vol 7 No 4, 1998
 
Monograph no 24 (May 1998). Environmental Design for Safer Communities: Preventing Crime in South Africa's Cities and Towns
by Mark Shaw and Antoinette Louw
 
Reshaping Security: An Examination of the Governance of Security in South Africa
Mark Shaw and Clifford Shearing in African Security Review Vol 7, No. 3, 1998
 
Monograph no 23 (April 1998). Crime in Cape Town: Results of a City Victim Survey
by Lala Camerer, Antoinette Louw, Mark Shaw, Lillian Artz and Wilfried Scharf
 
Inside and Outside the Boundaries of Police Corruption
Taleh Sayed and David Bruce in African Security Review Vol 7 No 2, 1998
 
Monograph No 18 (February 1998). Crime in Johannesburg: Results of a City Victim Survey
Antoinette Louw, Mark Shaw, Lala Camerer and Rory Robertshaw
 
ISS Paper No 28 (January 1998): Organised Crime in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Mark Shaw
 
Police Corruption: Towards a Working Definition
Taleh Sayed and David Bruce in African Security Review Vol 7, No. 1, 1998
 
Conference Paper: Practical Guide to Local Partnership Policing
1998 (No Link)
http://www.iss.org.za/Publications/confpapers.html
 
Monograph no 16 (November 1997). Safer By Design: Towards Effective Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design In South Africa
 
Regionalism in Policing: From Lessons in Europe to Developments in Southern Africa
Elrena van der Spuy in African Security Review Vol 6, No. 6, 1997
 
Urbanisation and Security in South Africa: The Continuation of History
John W Jenkins in African Security Review Vol 6, No. 6, 1997
 
Monograph No 15 (September 1997). Costly Crimes: Commercial Crime and Corruption in South Africa
Edited by Lala Camerer
 
Challenges and Opportunities for the Enhancement of Regional Security
Control Mechanisms: Towards and African Drug Strategy
Azhar Cachalia in African Security Review Vol 6 No 5, 1997
 
Monograph no 14 (July 1997). Stolen Opportunities: The Impact of Crime on South Africa's Poor
by Antoinette Louw and Mark Shaw
 
Public Attitudes Regarding Undocumented Migration and Policing/Crime
Charl Schutte, Mark Shaw, and Hussein Solomon in African Security Review Vol 6 No 4, 1997
 
Community Safety and Security: Crime Prevention and Development at the Local Level
David Bruce in African Security Review Vol 6 No. 4, 1997
 
ISS Paper No 22 (May 1997): Drugs, Violence and Governability in the Future South Africa
Tim Ryan
 
Crime, Violence and Punishment - Putting Victims on the Agenda
Lala Camerer in African Security Review Vol 6 no 3, 1997
 
Monograph No 12 (April 1997). Policing the Transformation: Further Issues in South Africa's Crime Debate
Edited by Mark Shaw, Lala Camerer, Duxita Mistry, Sarah Oppler and Lukas Muntingh
 
Monograph No 11 (April 1997). Towards Safer Cities: The South African Debate on Options for Urban Safety
Edited by Mark Shaw
 
ISS Paper No 17 (March 1997): South Africa: Crime in Transition
Mark Shaw
 
ISS Paper No 16 (March 1997): Partners against Crime: From Community to Partnership Policing
Sarah Oppler
 
International Fraud Trends: South Africa at Risk
Lala Camerer in African Security Review Vol 6 No 2, 1997
 
The Illegal Trade in Endangered Species
Kathleen E du Bois in African Security Review Vol 6, No 1, 1997
 
Monograph No 7 (November 1996). Putting Victims on the Agenda: Proceedings of a National Workshop on Victim Empowerment and Support
Edited by Lala Camerer and Juan Nel
 
Into the Breech: Reversing the Proliferation of Firearms in South Africa
Dirk Besdziek in African Security Review Vol 5 No 6, 1996
 
Ethics and the Professions: Blowing the Whistle on Crime
Lala Camerer in African Security Review Vol 5 No 6, 1996
 
ISS Paper No 8 (August 1996): Reforming South Africa's Criminal Justice System
Mark Shaw
 
A Victim-centric Approach to Crime Prevention
Lala Camerer in African Security Review Vol 5 No 4, 1996
 
Expanding Crime Prevention - City Policing and the French Experience
Dirk Besdziek in African Security Review Vol 5 No 3, 1996
 
Monograph No 3 (April 1996). Policing the Transformation: New Issues in South Africa's Crime Debate
Mark Shaw & Lala Camerer
 
ISS Paper No 4 (April 1996): Options for City Police Services
Dirk Besdziek
 
White-collar Crime in South Africa: A Comparative Perspective
Lala Camerer in African Security Review Vol 5 No 2, 1996
 
Policing and Security on the East Rand - Katorus Area
Paul Thulare in African Security Review Vol 5 No 2, 1996
 
Narco-trafficking in Africa: Security, social and economic implications
Simon Baynham in African Security Review Vol 4 No 6, 1995
 
Towards safer cities? Political transition and changing forms of policing control in South Africa
Mark Shaw in African Security Review Vol 4 No 5, 1995
 
Rethinking South African Police Architecture
Sydney Mufamadi in African Defence Review Issue No 19, 1994
 
The Private Sector Security Industry in South Africa
Roy MacFarlane in African Defence Review Issue No 19, 1994
 
The Need for Community Policing
Pule Zwane in African Defence Review Issue No 18, 1994
 
Forms of Violence in South Africa and the Responsibilities for its Control
Paul Zulu in African Defence Review Issue No 15, 1994
 
Extra-Military Formations and Civilian Political Violence
Tom Lodge in African Defence Review Issue No 15, 1994
 
Transforming South African Policing
Peter Stevens in South African Defence Review Issue No 12, 1993
 
The Police Board: Terms Of Reference, Role And Method Of Operation
Peter Stevens & Dianna Yach in South African Defence Review Issue No 9, 1993

 

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