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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 ... -
A social profile of street children in the Durban municipal area with special reference to their deviant activities.
(1995)The street child drama being played out on South African streets continues the process of victimisation begun in the families and communities. Deprivation, poverty, and disorganisation are just some of the characteristics ... -
Restorative approaches to criminal justice : an exploratory study in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2008)Restorative justice, a social movement seeking to introduce reform in the operation of the traditional criminal justice system, has seen a marked proliferation of its initiatives over the last decade in countries like ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
‘They call us Makwerekweres’ : foreign learners speak out against xenophobia.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2013)While a number of studies on xenophobia have been conducted in South Africa, very little has been done to establish the effects of xenophobia on foreigners in schools. To help remedy the dearth of studies in this area, ... -
Exploring the public parameter of police integrity.
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013)This paper explores the contribution of the public component of Klockars’ and Kutnjak-Ivkovic’s (2004) organizational theory of police integrity to the understanding of police integrity. Design/methodology/approach: The ... -
Discriminatory use of police stop-and search powers in London, UK.
(Vathek Publishing., 2013)Black Londoners have complained over the years of being overpoliced and harassed by police officers. The history of such contentious encounters between members of the Black community and the police service dates back ... -
The development of policing in Britain in the next five years.
(2013-03)The British police service is currently going through a radical transformation phase. The present Tory-led coalition government has set out an agenda to bring about drastic changes in policing. These proposed changes are ... -
A multivariate criminological analysis of the self-esteem of repeat offenders.
(2012)The correctional experience of adult offenders has largely been ignored in comparison to youth and adolescent offenders in the correctional literature and even more so in terms of repeated offending behaviour. The perspective ... -
A quantitative analysis of juvenile delinquency trends among school going adolescents in a select sample of secondary schools in Chatsworth, Durban.
(2014)This quantitative study explores juvenile delinquency trends among school going adolescents in a select sample of schools. The study conducted in Chatsworth, Durban (Kwa Zulu-Natal) was developed as an exclusively Indian ... -
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 ... -
Police corruption: a threat to South Africa's democracy.
(All Africa Criminal Justice Association, 2014)In South Africa today, there is no single agreed definition of corruption. However, as researchers we do know that some definitions of corruption are available, enabling us to put police c orruption into context. It ... -
The impact of labelling theory on the Gypsies and Travelers in the United Kingdom.
(All Africa Criminal Justice Association, 2014-06-10)The persecution of Gypsies and Travelers in the United Kingdom is not a new phenomenon. It goes back many centuries when Gypsies first set foot on the European continent. It was estimated that over half a million Gypsies ... -
A victimological exploration of the victimisation vulnerability of a group of foreign nationals in the city of Durban.
(2015)The reasons for leaving home are complex, but the majority of respondents acknowledged political-economy as one of the major reasons for leaving their home to search for a better life. In South Africa, the country, is ... -
Perceptions of the conviction rate of reported adult female rape in Verulam, Durban.
(2015)As rape is ranked as one of the most prevalent crimes in South Africa, its causes and consequences have become the subject of a large body of research. However, statistics and research on what happens after a rape report ... -
Predisposed police culture attitudes: South African Police Service versus Justice Institute of British Columbia newcomers.
(Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa., 2016-10)This article aims to report on a comparative examination of South African Police Service’ (SAPS) and Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) Police Academy newcomers, for indicators evincing the presence of police ... -
A victimological exploration of the programmes and services available to victims of trio-crimes in Durban Metropolitan Area.
(2015)This research was aimed at exploring and giving insight into the programmes and services available to victims of trio-crimes in the Durban Metropolitan Area. The motivation behind the study is that as a recently constitutional ... -
A quantitative understanding of gender differentiated delinquent trends among school going adolescents in Chatsworth, Durban.
(CRIMSA, 2015)According to the World Health Organisation countries in transition have witnessed a dramatic rise in delinquency rates. Given that juvenile offending is a pervasive social problem and many theories about its aetiology have ...