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Policy, Publications, Domestic Violence Legislation, Gender-based Violence, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime

Policy Brief: Accelerating Gbvf Response Through Community-led Platforms – Lessons From The Scorecard Of The Localisation Of The National Strategic Plan On Gender-based Violence And Femicide

This policy brief highlights the findings from the scorecard on the localisation of the NSP-GBVF, emphasising the areas of priority for all state and community-based actors as they continue to implement to objectives of the policy. This brief is intended…

Gugu Resha and Cathy-Ann Potgieter

01 Mar 2024

Policy, Publications, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Torture and State Violence, Transitional Justice

Transitional Justice Tools To Address Radicalism And Violent Extremism In The sahel region.

These 3 case studies review the manifestation of violent extremism in the Sahel region, particularly in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. It contains an analysis of the militaristic approaches adopted so far in addressing this phenomenon. However the research argues…

Bobuin Jr Valery Gemandze Oben

26 Feb 2024

Publications, Research, Gangs, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Torture and State Violence

Integrating Learning, Monitoring And Evaluation Into Policy-oriented Research: Lessons From Csvr's Urban Violence Project

In line with its commitment to incorporating learning into its monitoring and evaluation practices, in 2013 CSVR introduced developmental evaluation based on facilitated learning exercises into one of its research projects. The Urban Violence project aimed to increase understanding of…

Jasmina Brankovic

06 May 2016

Publications, Research, Gender-based Violence, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Violence Prevention

Preventing Crime Through Work And Wages: The Impact Of The Community Work Programme

The article offers an analysis of the potential impact of the Community Work Programme (CWP), a public employment initiative, on crime and violence. The CWP may have an impact on crime and violence through a number of different 'pathways', one…

David Bruce

31 May 2015

Publications, Research, Children and Youth, Gangs, Gender-based Violence, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime, Urban Safety, Violence in Transition, Violence Prevention

Leaving The Gangster Things To The Boys Growing Up Now: Young Men, Physical Violence, And Structural Violence In Post-transition South Africa

This paper examines the intersection of physical violence, structural violence, and masculinity through the life history narrative of a 20-year-old man exiting an informal gang in Gugulethu, a township in Cape Town. Beginning and remaining with James Madoda's narrative, the…

Jasmina Brankovic

27 Feb 2013

Publications, Research, Criminal Justice, Study on the Violent Nature of Crime

Anger, Hatred, Or Just Heartlessness? Defining Gratuitous Violence

Violent crime in South Africa is sometimes said to be unusual, because it is perceived to frequently be gratuitous. This article engages with the question of how to define gratuitous violence. It also analyses whether South African violence is characterised…

David Bruce

01 Dec 2010

Study on the Violent Nature of Crime Tag

Policy Brief: Accelerating Gbvf Response Through Community-led Platforms – Lessons From The Scorecard Of The Localisation Of The National Strategic Plan On Gender-based Violence And Femicide

Transitional Justice Tools To Address Radicalism And Violent Extremism In The sahel region.

Integrating Learning, Monitoring And Evaluation Into Policy-oriented Research: Lessons From Csvr's Urban Violence Project

Preventing Crime Through Work And Wages: The Impact Of The Community Work Programme

Leaving The Gangster Things To The Boys Growing Up Now: Young Men, Physical Violence, And Structural Violence In Post-transition South Africa

Anger, Hatred, Or Just Heartlessness? Defining Gratuitous Violence

COMMEMORATION OF THE 49TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUTH DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA

STATEMENT: COMMEMORATION OF THE 31ST ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1994 GENOCIDE AGAINST THE TUTSI IN RWANDA

Mainstreaming Popular Participation in Transitional Justice

Confronting racial violence in schools

Justice Denied: Gender-Based Violence Crimes remain unpunishable in South Africa.

AFRICAN UNION TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE: SOUTH SUDAN

AFRICAN UNION TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE: ETHIOPIA

BEYOND RHETORIC: INTEGRATING AFRICAN TRADITIONAL JUSTICE MECHANISMS INTO TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESSES

AFRICAN UNION TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE POLICY IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE: LESOTHO

The Power of We: How collective processes allow healing after mass atrocity – Reflections from the field

Understanding Consent and Your Rights

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