[SAFETY AND SECURITY (POLICE)]

ISS RESEARCH
(chronological listing)

2006

Policing Sex Workers: A Violation of Rights?, SWEAT Report (PDF 229kb)
Issued at the ISS Seminar Considering the Implications of Allegations of Police Harassment of Sex Workers, Cape Town, 17 May 2006

2005

Phasing out the Commandos: What will the impact be for policing?

ISS Seminar, Pretoria (30 November 2005)

After the Commandos: The Future of Rural Policing in South Africa
Jonny Steinberg, ISS Monograph 120 (October 2005)

The Dirty Work of Democracy: A year on the streets with the SAPS

Book by Antony Altbeker (October 2005)

ISS Oral Submission to the Commission of Inquiry Into the Mandate and Location of the Directorate of Special Operations (Khampepe Commission), 7 October 2005 (PDF 83kb)

Assessing the Future of Rural Policing: The Impact of Closing the Commandos (PDF 26kb)
Jonny Steinberg in SA Crime Quarterly No 13 (September 2005)

ISS Affidavit to the Commission of Inquiry Into the Mandate and Location of the Directorate of Special Operations (Khampepe Commission), 14 June 2005 (PDF 96kb)

Policing Domestic Violence: The Enthusiasm Gap (PDF 28kb)
Antony Altbeker in SA Crime Quarterly No 12 (June 2005)

Joint Conference on a New Decade of Criminal Justice in South Africa - Consolidating Transformation, Gordon's Bay (7-8 February 2005)

2004

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 Paper 91: Strengthening Civilian Oversight over the police in South Africa: The national and provincial secretariats for safety and security (September 2004) / PDF Version (170kb)

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

Pretoria (7 October 2004)

Numbers That Count: National Monitoring of Police Conduct / PDF Version

Themba Masuku in SA Crime Quarterly No 8 (June 2004)

ISS Seminar: Human Trafficking: International and Local Perspectives on the Problem and its Solution

Pretoria (11 May 2004)

ISS Closed Discussion: The Threat of Biological Terrorism

Cape Town (30 March 2004)

The Scorpions: Analysing the Directorate of Special Operations

Jean Redpath, Monograph No 96 (March 2004)

Private Muscle: Outsourcing the Provision of Criminal Justice Services
Monograph No 93 (January 2004)

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2003

Money Laundering in South Africa / PDF Version

Charles Goredema in Monograph No 90 (December 2003). Profiling Money Laundering: Eastern and Southern Africa

ISS Seminar: Policing the Ports: Border Control in South Africa

Pretoria (13 November 2003)

ISS Seminar: Are land invasions a catalyst for farm attacks?

Pretoria (4 November 2003)

South Africa / PDFVersion

Chapter in Monograph No 89 (October 2003). Penetrating State and Business: Organised Crime in Southern Africa , Volume 2

ISS Seminar: Can we save Central Johannesburg? Recommendations from a victim survey.

Pretoria (24 June 2003)

The social contradictions of organised crime on the Cape Flats / PDF Version

André Standing, ISS Paper No 74 (June 2003)

Policing the Ports: Reducing Illicit Trafficking in South Africa
Anthony Minnaar, Monograph No 84 (April 2003)

Rainbow Tenement: Crime and Policing in Inner Johannesburg
Ted Leggett, Monograph No 78 (April 2003)

Re-Conceptualising Organised Crime
André Standing in African Security Review Vol 12 No 2, 2003

ISS Seminar: Measuring police performance: What do the police do, what should we expect of them?
Pretoria (24 March 2003)

What do the police do? Performance measurement and the SAPS / PDF Version

Ted Leggett, ISS Paper No 66 (February 2003)

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2002

South Africa’s Operational and Legislative Responses to Terrorism

Chapter in Monograph No 74 (July 2002). Africa and Terrorism: Joining the Global Campaign

Tough Choices: Prioritising Criminal Justice Policies
Martin Schönteich, ISS Paper 56 (May 2002)

Leaner and Meaner? Restructuring the Detective Service
Jean Redpath, Monograph No 73 (May 2002)

Violent Justice: Vigilantism and the State's Response
Makubetse Sekhonyane and Antoinette Louw, Monograph No 72 (April 2002)

Not Everybody's Business: Community Policing in the SAPS' Priority Areas
Monograph No 71 (March 2002)

Drugs and Crime in South Africa: A study in three cities
Monograph No 69 (March 2002)

ISS Submission to the Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security: Anti-terrorism Bill 2002 (PDF)

ISS Proposal: Counter-terrorism Bill (PDF)

SAPS Border Control Units: An evaluation of the new detached duties
Ettienne Hennop and Clare Jefferson, ISS Paper 54B (January 2002)

Crime Prevention Partnerships: Lessons from Practice
Book (2002)

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2001

Monograph No 67 (November 2001). Municipal Policing in South Africa: Development and Challenges
Janine Rauch, Mark Shaw and Antoinette Louw

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

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

ISS Paper No 48 (February 2001): Triad Societies and Chinese Organised Crime in South Africa
Peter Gastrow

ISS Paper 54B (January 2001): SAPS Border Control Units: An evaluation of the new detached duties
Ettienne Hennop and Clare Jefferson

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2000

Making South Africa Safe: A Manual for Community Based Crime Prevention
Book Published by the CSIR, Pretoria (2000)

Society Under Siege Vol III: Managing Arms in South Africa
Book (2000)

Forfeiting rights? Assessing South Africa’s asset forfeiture laws

Jean Redpath in African Security Review Vol 9 No 5/6, 2000

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

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

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1999

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

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

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1998

Monograph 31 (November 1998). Solving Crime: The state of the SAPS detective service
by Antony Altbeker

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

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.issafrica.org/Publications/confpapers.html

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1997

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

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

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