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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Educators experiences on the prevalence of drugs and intervention programs within schools in the Phoenix area.
(2017)The issue of drugs is extremely sensitive and prevalent regarding children abusing these substances. Drug use is a phenomenon that is across South Africa, polluting our schools and killing our future generations. There are ... -
The effects of community violence on learners in a rural context.
(2012)Much has been learned over the past decade about the way children respond to experiences of violence in their community. The goal of this study is to examine the effects of violence on the academic performance of learners, ... -
Effects of school violence on educators : a case study of Fairvale Secondary School, Wentworth Durban.
(2016)Over the past years scholarly authors have focused on how school violence affects learners and their capability to perform well at school. However, studies have ignored the reality that educators are affected by school ... -
An examination of non-profit organisation response to human trafficking : the case study of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal Province.
(2018)It is difficult to deny that human trafficking has received an increased international attention over the years, South African is no exception, the citizens of this country are daily affected and experiencing daily occurrences ... -
An examination of the implementation of Khulisa Social Solutions' juvenile diversion programmes in KwaZulu-Natal.
The practice of diversion has grown and spread throughout South Africa. The Child Justice Act (75 of 2008) contributed considerably to the formal practice of diversion and has helped diversion service providers to better ... -
An exploratory case study analysis of a restorative justice intervention project that mediated domestic violence cases in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)Domestic violence has been an ongoing phenomenon in South Africa. This form of violence has been exacerbated by the culture of violence that has existed in traditional gendered societies and that was exacerbated by the ... -
Exploring diversion programmes for youth in conflict with the law : case studies of the Youth Empowerment Scheme Programme at NICRO, Durban, South Africa.
(2017)The high level of crime in South Africa remains a concern. More particularly, crime that involves youth offenders puts them at high risk of becoming involved with the criminal justice system. Although some studies showed ... -
Exploring students' perceptions on the nature and incidence of crime on university on-campus residence.
(2016)For decades crime has been an issue faced by different communities on a daily basis. With ever evolving dynamics within communities, crime has found a way to change and become a much more serious problem within societies, ... -
“From political wars to taxi wars” : investigating the transition of taxi violence in a low-income urban community in the Mpumalanga Township, South Africa.
(2016)Taxi violence is a fundamental challenge in South Africa. Most disturbing is the prevalence of innocent passengers, including children, who become the victims of this form of violence. The main aim of this study was to ... -
An investigation into drug use amongst pupils in selected Indian high schools in the Durban municipal area.
(1990)This is a thesis on drug use among Indian high school pupils in the Durban municipal area. This study was undertaken because of the high incidence of drug use reported among Indian youth, and because of the paucity of ... -
An investigation of students’ attitudes towards sexual harassment at the University of KwaZulu-Natal : Howard Campus residences.
(2017)Abstract not available.