This paper presents a policy and budget analysis of the criminal justice sector – police, courts, prisons and some aspects of the welfare system – in South Africa. It outlines the priorities of the criminal justice agencies in South Africa…
The subsequent report is a documentation of the presentation to the Workshop Comparative Experiences of Policy Making and Implementation in Countries in Transition, 6th – 7th February 2001, Derry /Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The report reflects on discussions that predominantly revolve…
This chapter has three aims. First, to place violence in South Africa and social responses to it within the interpretive framework of Foucault's theory concerning power and socio-medical knowledge, and to identify the implications that this structuralist approach has for…
This report seeks to describe and analyse the various pieces of legislation and policy which determine the executive function of provincial governments in relation to the Safety and Security system in South Africa. The analysis is located in the "new" policy environment, following the publication of the White Paper on Safety and Security and the legislation concerning Municipal Policing.
This paper seeks to identify some key areas which may give rise to stress in the police service.