Browsing Masters Degrees (Criminology and Forensic Studies) by Title
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An analysis of electricity theft : the case study of KwaXimba in eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal.
(2017)The illegal consumption of electricity is deemed a criminal offence that is punishable. Even so, there exist high levels of theft of electricity till date. Illegal electricity can be dangerous in nature due to the nature ... -
Analysis of Independent Police Investigative Directorate investigators’ experiences of the application of Section 28(1)(f) of the IPID mandate, torture and assault, by police officials in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)The South African Police Service officers have informally incorporated the operational methods of torture and assault in the execution of their duties in the reformed police service of South Africa. This historical ... -
An analysis of occupational stress amongst South African Police Services detectives working on murder cases: a case study of Inanda Police Station.
(2019)Background: Assistance to employees to maintain a work-life balance has been increasingly recognised as a goal for law enforcement agencies around the world, especially during the last decade. The intense and continuous ... -
An analysis of psychosocial factors of psychoactive illicit substance use in a select sample in Chatsworth.
(2018)“Drug addiction has reached epidemic levels across the globe with approximately 247 million drug users worldwide” (World Drug Report, 2016). Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) (2017) uncovered that approximately ... -
Analysis of the radicalisation of Islam : case studies from South Africa and the United Kingdom.
(2017)Radicalisation is a problem to which no country is immune. It is a dramatic shift in behaviour and attitude that carries undesirable consequences such as the breakdown of families, communities, and democracies – with the ... -
An analysis of WhatsApp as a tool for crime prevention in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)Violent crime levels are on the rise on South Africa; however, the advent of the Internet, and the subsequent advancement of social media, has drastically changed the way in which community members can get involved in ... -
An analytical study of xenophobic attacks in South African universities/tertiary institutions with specific reference to the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and Durban University of Technology (DUT)
(2019)There is growing concern with xenophobia, an act of perpetuating the violation of human rights. Xenophobia has negative implications on the teaching community. This study explores the nature and prevalence of xenophobia ... -
An assessment of weather patterns on property-related crimes in Newlands East policing area, Durban.
(2018)It is in the best interest of community members, as well as policy makers to comprehend the factors that influence crime while not solely focusing on the effectiveness of the available strategies. This study aimed at ... -
Bouncers’ interaction with patrons in five Durban nightclubs: effectiveness and patrons’ perceptions of bouncers.
(2017)The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) is responsible for regulating and monitoring the private security sector. This was established in terms of section 2 of the Private Security Industry Regulation ... -
The combating of cable theft in Durban railway stations.
(2018)The seriousness of cable theft in South African communities cannot be ignored; it highly deserves attention and quick interventions. The associated damages caused by this scourge are irreversible to the infrastructure of ... -
Community engagement of local space in crime mapping and policing of informal settlements : a study of Cato Crest informal settlement.
(2012)In any country where there are informal settlements, crime prevention and combat is, to a great extent, determined by the availability of reliable information about crime and about the physical environment in which it ... -
Community perceptions of child sexual assault : case study of Ngangelizwe community in Mthatha.
(2016)Numerous studies have been done on child sexual violence/abuse (CSV/A). Sexual victimization of minors remains a constant problem globally. Section 28(1) (d) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of ... -
Community policing forum : exploring general community and CPF members’ perspective on the value of and the effectiveness of CPF in Glenmore and Umbilo communities.
(2017)A community policing forum (CPF) is one of the structures used for crime prevention within the community. This structure is used nationally; its objectives are likely to be similar in some of the countries. This study ... -
A comparative analysis of conventional themes of police culture perceptions : a sample of South African Police Service ‘detectives’ and ‘patrol officers’.
(2016)The aim of the study was to report on a proportional examination amid a group of proactive (uniform) officers as well as reactive (detectives/plain clothes) officers from the South African Police Service (hereafter referred ... -
Constructing crime online : representations of violent crime, perpetrators and victims on a South African news aggregator : News24.
(2014)This study explores the representation of violent crime on an online news environment. The involvement of moral entrepreneurs within the news media in combating crime is also investigated. News media is the main source of ... -
Correctional officials perceptions on male sexual assault in Westville Correctional Centre: an exploratory study.
(2018)In correctional centres different types of sexual interactions and relationships occur between male offenders, most of these sexual interactions are commonly abusive, exploitative, and involves various degrees of coercion. ... -
Criminological analysis on mechanisms used to control shoplifting in Durban Central Business District.
(2020)The act of taking consumer items from retail stores is deemed as punishable criminal offence. To date, there are high levels of consumer goods theft. Shoplifting can be dangerous in nature due to psychical alteration upon ... -
A criminological examination of the use of cyberspace to traffic drugs in Durban, South Africa.
(2018)This study focused on the use of cyberspace to traffic drugs in Durban, South Africa. The study comprised four objectives, which were: to determine how cyberspace is used as a tool to traffic drugs in Durban, South Africa; ... -
A criminological exploration of media ethics in South African Broadcasting Corporation: case studies of KwaZulu-Natal Province.
(2019)Media keep us informed about societal issues around us including crime and as such, they enable the broadcasting of criminal cases in many ways. One of these ways is the broadcasting of court proceedings, where the offender ... -
A criminological exploration of the South African land restitution process: a non-empirical study of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2018)This research was aimed at exploring crimes which are involved in the process of restitution of land in KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa. The motivation of the study is that since the Restitution of Land Rights Act ...