South - South Crime Prevention Project

Project Co-ordinator, Southern Africa
Dr Elrena van der Spuy
Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town
Private Bag
Rondebosch, 7701
Cape Town
Tel.: +27 21 650 2988
Fax: +27 21 650 3790
Email: Elrena.VanDerSpuy@uct.ac.za

Project Co-ordinator, Caribbean
Professor Anthony Harriott
Head, Department of Government
University of West Indies
Mona Campus,
Kingston, Jamaica
Tel. + (876) 512 3357
Fax + (876) 927 0997
Email: anthonydharriott@yahoo.com

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Country Facts
Crime Statistics
Legislation and Policy

Links - Southern Africa

GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS

Government Departments - Department of Correctional Services
Annual Reports and corrections statistics are available at
http://www-dcs.pwv.gov.za

Government Departments - Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
See the 2004 Service Charter for Victims of Crime and the 2004 Minimum Standards on Services for Victims of Crime on
http://www.doj.gov.za

Government Departments - Department of Provincial and Local Government
For information on Integrated Development Plans, Urban Renewal Areas, and relevant policy and legislation, see
http://www.dplg.gov.za

Government Departments - Department of Social Development
National Directory on Services for Victims of Violence and Communities

http://www.socdev.gov.za/

Government Departments - Judicial Inspectorate of Prisons
Annual Reports and crowding statistics are available at
http://judicialinsp.pwv.gov.za

Government Departments - National Prosecuting Authority, National Division of Public Prosecutions
For Annual Reports, statistics and reports of the special sexual offences courts, see
http://www.ndpp.gov.za

Government Departments - Office of the Presidency, The National Programme of Action
For national social crime prevention action plans, see the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster at
http://www.info.gov.za/aboutgovt/poa

Government Departments - Parliament/Legislation
Bills, Acts, policy documents and budgets –
http://www.polity.org.za

Government Departments - Parliament/Legislation
Minutes and Reports of Parliamentary Committees –
http://www.pmg.org.za

Government Departments - South African Law Reform Commission
The objects of the Commission are set out as follows in the Act: to do research with reference to all branches of the law of the Republic and to study and to investigate all such branches of the law in order to make recommendations for the development, improvement, modernization or reform thereof. In short, the Commission is an advisory body whose aim is the renewal and improvement of the law of South Africa on a continuous basis. For the Commission’s Sexual Offences Report (Project 107) and Juvenile Justice Report (Project 106), see
http://www.doj.gov.za/salrc/index.htm

Government Departments - South African Police Service
Annual Reports and policing statistics are available at
http://www.saps.gov.za

Government Departments - The Southern African Regional Police Chief Co-operation Organisation
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Region/Africa/Committees/SARPCCO.asp

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Non-Governmental Organisations - Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation
The CSVR operates in the following Programme areas:

Criminal Justice Programme
Peacebuilding Programme
Transition and Reconciliation Programme
Victim Empowerment Programme
Youth Violence Prevention Programme
Gender Programme

Its Gender Programme has compiled the National Directory of Services Addressing Gender-based Violence, which provides information and contact details for more than 200 organisations around the country assisting women who have experienced either rape or domestic violence. The Directory includes listings for counselling services, shelters, legal services and specialist police units, courts and 1-stop centres in each of South Africa’s nine provinces. It also provides information about organisations that provide training and/or conduct research or advocacy around violence against women.
http://www.csvr.org.za

Non-Governmental Organisations - Child Justice Alliance
The Child Justice Alliance is a network of NGOs, CBOs, academic institutions and individuals working to ensure that the Child Justice Bill is passed by the South African parliament. Apart from a common interest in the welfare and rights of children, these people and organisations share a common vision. The alliance was established to facilitate co-operation between members of civil society and other interested parties. Recognising that there are many organisations and individuals who are working in the field of children's rights and child justice, the need to co-ordinate work to prevent duplication is crucial. It is a strategic approach to advocacy that seeks to maximise the available resources by increasing the effectiveness of the efforts and activities of members.
http://www.childjustice.org.za

Non-Governmental Organisations - Gun Control Alliance
For the lobbying and advocacy work of this alliance, see
http://www.gca.org.za

Non-Governmental Organisations - IDASA
For programmes on citizen, community and local government empowerment, see
http://www.idasa.org.za

Non-Governmental Organisations - Independent Projects Trust
For their Schools, Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention Projects, see
http://www.ipt.co.za

Non-Governmental Organisations - Rape Crisis
Rape Crisis Cape Town is a women's organisation committed to ending violence against women. It provides counseling, court preparation, education, training and awareness raising, research and lobbying in respect of sexual violence against women.
http://www.rapecrisis.org.za

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS

Research Institutions - Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town
For details of their African and South African Programmes in furtherance of conflict resolution, see
http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/index.php?id=122

Research Institutions - Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape
For research and publications on gender violence, see
http://www.communitylawcentre.org.za/gender/index.php

Research Institutions - Department of Criminology, University of Pretoria
For a list of publications, see Research Outputs
http://www.up.ac.za/academic/humanities/eng/eng/socialwcrim/eng/index.htm

Research Institutions - Department of Criminology, University of South Africa
The department’s academic quarterly journal, Crime Research in South Africa, can be accessed at
http://www.unisa.ac.za/Default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=1196

Research Institutions - Human Science Research Council
For Projects and Publications of the Child, Youth and Family Development Programme, see
http://www.hsrc.ac.za/research/programmes/CYFD/index.html

Research Institutions - Institute for Human Rights and Criminal Justice Studies
For the findings of research projects and publications, see
http://www.crimeinstitute.ac.za

Research Institutions - Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town
For a list of publications and resources on crime prevention, see
http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/sjrp

Research Institutions - Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town
For a searchable database of an annotated bibliography of documents used to inform the process of child justice reform, see
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/childjustice

Research Institutions - Law, Race and Gender Unit, University of Cape Town
For current research findings on the link between Domestic Violence and HIV/AIDS, and for a bibliographic database of the resources of the Unit, see
http://www.lrg.uct.ac.za

Research Institutions - Medical Research Council
See the work of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Group at
http://www.mrc.ac.za/adarg/adarg.htm

Best Practice Projects

Our Project focuses on crime prevention activities that fall within the following themes:

Community Policing:
-	Southern Africa
-	Caribbean


Violence Prevention:
-	Southern Africa
-	Caribbean


Conflict Resolution/Culture of Legality:
-	Southern Africa
-	Caribbean


Offender Reintegration:
-	Southern Africa
-	Caribbean

Click on a theme to view examples of independently reviewed/evaluated best practice projects from Southern African and the Caribbean.