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Justice Crime Prevention and Security Cluster monitoring and evaluation briefing

25 August 2008

Minister for Safety and Security Charles Nqakula briefed the media on:
* the review of the criminal justice system serious and violent crime
* the detention and rehabilitation of offenders
* issues relating to migration
* the protection of major events.

David Bruce, senior researcher at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, presented findings on three studies on the nature and causes of sexual violence, an examination of socio-economic factors which contribute to violence and case studies on perpetrators of violent crime.

• C Nqakula: Statement
• Transcript of briefing
• D Bruce: Study of the Violent Nature of Crime in South Africa: Creating a violence free society [PDF]
• Streets of pain, streets of sorrow: Circumstances of occurrence of murder in six areas with high murder rates - executive summary [PDF]
• Streets of pain, streets of sorrow: Circumstances of occurrence of murder in six areas with high murder rates [PDF]
• The violent nature of crime [PDF], 25 June 2007

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