Contents

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A DEBATES

Perspectives on Crime Information
Horror stories:Crime in the Media
Reinstating the Death Penalty: Majority vs. Constitution
Guarding the Guards: Regulating South Africa’s Private Security Sector

B TRACKING CRIME TRENDS

Number of rapes in South Africa 1980 - 1995
Number of murders in South Africa 1980 - 1995
Number of assaults in South Africa 1980 - 1995
Number of robberies in South Africa 1980 - 1995
Number of housebreakings in South Africa 1980 - 1995
Number of motor vehicle thefts in South Africa 1980 - 1995
Rape: crime rate per 100 000 1994 - 1996
Murder: crime rate per 100 000 1994 - 1996
Serious assualt: crime rate per 100 000 1994 - 1996
Other robbery: crime rate per 100 000 1994 - 1996
Housebreaking - residential premises crime rate per 100 000 1994 - 1996
Housebreaking - business premises crime rate per 100 000 1994 - 1996
Robbery - aggravating circumstances?crime rate per 100 000 1994 - 1996
Motor vehicle theft in South Africa. Rate per 100 000 1994-1996

C CRIME STATISTICS FOR SPECIFIC CRIMES

Hijacking of trucks with freight in 1996
Carjacking 1996
Motor vehicle theft rates by province January to June 1994 - 1996
Carjacking by province : crime rate per 100 000 1996

D MONTHLY MEDIA OVERVIEW

January 1997
February 1997
March 1997
April 1997
May 1997
June 1997
July-August 1997
September 1997
October 1997
November 1997

E SPECIAL FOCUS

Crime in the Northern Cape
The Former Transkei: Rural Policing in Crisis
Declining Convictions: An Emerging Crisis
A Service in Name Only: Johannesburg Victims on the SAPS
Drug Master Plan: Too Much Too Late
A Review of Crime Initiatives in 1997

Crime Trends
Police
Justice
Prisons
Citizen Response
Corruption