The research for this monograph was conducted as part of the ISS Criminal Justice Monitoring Service, a project sponsored by USAID, the American Embassy in Pretoria, the European Union, the Ford Foundation, and Standard Bank. The author would also like to acknowledge Development Research Africa for conducting the survey and the South African Police Service for facilitating the research, especially Director Botha and Inspector Marthinus of Johannesburg Central Police Station and Director Reddy of Hillbrow Police Station.