SA Crime Quarterly

No. 1 July 2002

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Contents

2001 Crime trends: A turning point?
Martin Schönteich

Improved crime reporting: Is South Africa’s crime wave a statistical illusion?
Ted Leggett

How much might is right? Application of Section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act
Traggy Maepa

Emergency measures: Early releases to alleviate prison overcrowding
Makubetse Sekhonyane

Getting a grip on guns: Rolling out the Firearms Control Act
Sarah Meek

Everyone’s an inspector: The crisis of rank inflation and the decline of visible policing
Ted Leggett

 

 

This publication is funded by

Hanns Seidel Stiftung
USAID
European Union
US Embassy
The Ford Foundation
Standard Bank