Crime and violence have become key issues in South Africa. The SA Crime Quarterly provides concise analysis of developments in crime trends, and the state's response. The SA Crime Quarterly has replaced the Nedbank Crime Index.

Contact MR KHEHLA XABA at (+ 27 12) 346 9500 or at kxaba@issAFRICA.ORG if you would like to subscribe to the SA Crime Quarterly. For more subscription information see our subscription page in this section.

This publication is funded by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.

• No. 15 March 2006: GETTING INTO THE CITY BEAT Challenges facing our metro police, CROWD CONTROL
  Can our public order police still deliver? SEX WORKERS SPEAK OUT Policing and the sex industry, TARGETING FOREIGNERS Xenophobia among Johannesburg’s police, PETTY CRIMES THAT MATTER Evaluating the Western Cape community courts

• No. 14 December 2005: POSITIVE TRENDS The 2004/05 crime statistics, YOUNG GUNS Children in organised armed violence, ASSESSING THE IMPACT Mandatory and minimum sentences in South Africa, AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY Kidnapping for ransom in South Africa THE DANGERS OF DATA Recognising the limitations of crime statistics

• No. 13 September 2005: ASSESSING THE FUTURE OF RURAL POLICING The impact of closing the Commandos, AIDS, ORPHANS AND CRIME Exploring the linkages, PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH How social service delivery can prevent crime, DANGER, THREATS OR JUST FEAR Witness intimidation in three Gauteng courts, VIOLENT DEATHS IN SA The 2003 National Injury Mortality Surveillance System

• No. 12 June 2005: THE TIDE IS TURNING The 2003/04 SAPS crime statistics, MISSING PIECE IN THE PUZZLE
  The health sector’s role in implementing the DVA, POLICING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The enthusiasm gap, PROVIDING A SENSE OF JUSTICE Informal mechanisms for dealing with domestic violence, GUNS UNDER FIRE Initial results of the 2005 firearms amnesty, GANG RAPE A study in inner-city Johannesburg

• No. 11 March 2005: PUZZLING STATISTICS Is South Africa really the world’s crime capital? LINKING CRIME AND MORALITY Reviewing the Moral Regeneration Movement, HERE TO STAY Traditional leaders’ role in justice and crime prevention, PLANNING AGAINST CRIME Preventing crime with people not barriers, SECTOR POLICING THAT WORKS A case study of the West Rand, COSTING CRIME What value is there for policy-making?

• No. 10 December 2004: CURB THE VENGEANCE Laws on minimum sentencing and parole spell worsening prison conditions, KEEPING THE POLICE IN CHECK Assessing the secretariats for safety and security,A VIOLENT LEGACY The taxi industry and government at loggerheads, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES Confiscation of weapons in domestic violence cases, OPERATION SETHUNYA Proactive policing can solve the illicit firearms problem

• No. 9 September 2004: HIDDEN AGENDAS? The risks of human trafficking legislation, DO NEW CRIMES NEED NEW LAWS? Legal provisions available for prosecuting human trafficking, SMALL BRIBES, BIG CHALLENGE
  Extent and nature of petty corruption in South Africa, DO THE MEANS DEFEAT THE ENDS? Impact of legislation on Gauteng’s enclosed neighbourhoods, A WORLD OF CRIME Youth views on crime in the Nelson Mandela Metro, LIVING WITH CRIME Does crime affect victims’ perceived quality of life? NO ONE TO TRUST Preliminary results from a Manenberg crime survey

• No. 8 June 2004: WHEN CAN I FIRE? Use of lethal force to defend property,NUMBERS THAT COUNT National monitoring of police conduct, WHY WAIT? By-laws and regulations for high impact crime prevention, FALLING CRIME, RISING FEAR 2003 National Victims of Crime Survey, TOUGH CHOICES Difficulties facing magistrates in applying Protection Orders, WEATHERING THE STORM Tough questions for the Scorpions

• No. 7 March 2004: BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY Magistrates’ views on implementing the Domestic Violence Act, A MURDEROUS LEGACY Coloured homicide trends in South Africa, WHAT’S UP IN THE CAPE? Crime rates in Western and Northern Cape provinces,STILL MARGINAL Crime in the coloured community, A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY Service delivery in Gauteng’s police stations,FIRST THINGS FIRST Rehabilitation starts with alternatives to prison

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2003

• No. 6 December 2003: THE FACTS BEHIND THE FIGURES Crime statistics 2002/3, PLOUGHING IN RESOURCES The investigation of farm attacks, TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN? Sector policing and community policing forums,BARRICADED IN THE SUBURBS Private security via road closures,WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? Social crime prevention in SA: A critical overview, DECLARED UNFIT TO OWN A FIREARM Are the courts playing a role? ON THE TUK-TUK EXPRESS Has methamphetamine hit the Cape Flats?

• Crime Quarterly No 5, September 2003: A BLEAK OUTLOOK HIV/AIDS and the South African Police Service, APARTHEID NOSTALGIA Personal security concerns in South African townships, THE SIEVE EFFECT South Africa’s conviction rates in perspective, WHO IS TO BLAME? Crime in Meadowlands, Soweto, MAKING THEIR MARK Perceptions and experience of policing in Meadowlands, FINDING LOCAL SOLUTIONS Crime prevention in the Nelson Mandela Metro

• No. 4 June 2003: SAVE OUR COPS Preventing police killings, BAD COPS GET A BREAK The closure of the SAPS Anti-Corruption Unit, YOUR BROTHER, MY WIFE Sex and gender behind bars, SOUTH AFRICA’S HEART OF DARKNESS, Sex crimes and child offenders: some trends, GRIPES OR GRIEVANCES? What the Independent Complaints Directorate statistics tell us (or not), UNFIT TO OWN A FIREARM? The role of the police in firearm control

• No 3, March 2003: THE WHITE RIGHT A threat to South Africa’s internal security? DO UNTO OTHERS – AND PAY THE PRICE Combating sexual violence in the south of Johannesburg, FAILING OUR FUTURE Responding to the sexual abuse of children, FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE? South African crime trends in 2002, SEARCH ME Public opinion on crime and justice in central Johannesburg, NPA IN THE DOCK Thumbs up for the prosecution service, THE PROS AND THE CONS Public-private partnerships in South African prisons

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2002

• No 2, November 2002: WHERE DID WE GO WRONG? A critical assessment of crime prevention, PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE Addressing violent crime in South Africa, STOPPING COP KILLING Lessons and limitations of South African research,A DEN OF INIQUITY? Inside Hillbrow’s residential hotels, PRISON HEALTH IS PUBLIC HEALTH HIV/AIDS and the case for prison reform, SHOWING ITS TEETH The Jali Commission on prison corruption,A MODEL FOR JUSTICE DELIVERY? The Specialised Commercial Crime Court

• No 1 July 2002: 2001 Crime trends: A turning point? Improved crime reporting: Is South Africa’s crime wave a statistical illusion?/ How much might is right? Application of Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act / Emergency measures: Early releases to alleviate prison overcrowding / Getting a grip on guns: Rolling out the Firearms Control Act / Everyone’s an inspector: The crisis of rank inflation and the decline of visible policing