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MPs demand course of action on prison rapes (14.04.10)

MPs have demanded to know what action the correctional services department will take to stamp out sexual violence in men's prisons after receiving a "shocking" report that details sodomy and forced "marriages". ...

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Recommendations for the Promotion of the Sexual Health, Sexual Rights, Safety and Dignity of Prisoners

Criminal Justice Programme, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. (2010). Recommendations for the Promotion of the Sexual Health, Sexual Rights, Safety and Dignity of Prisoners. Report. (pdf 244 KB).

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'Don't use stats to assess police' (09.04.10)

MEASURING police performance through crime statistics could give rise to perverse incentives, according to two researchers. “Police performance in South Africa is largely measured on the basis of whether crime is increasing or ...

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Current Racial Tensions in South Africa Symptomatic of Deeper Issues, says Analyst (08.04.10)

By Joe DeCapua The murder of white supremacist Eugene Terre’Blanche has brought to the forefront simmering racial tensions in South Africa.  Despite the end of apartheid and the first democratic elections in ...

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Misdaadstatistieke betwyfel (07.04.10)

By Virginia Keppler Die polisie se geweldmisdaadstatistieke kan nie gebruik word as ’n aanwyser in die bepaling van die tendens van geweldmisdade nie. So reken mnr. David Bruce, senior navorser van die Sentrum ...

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Experts: Stats bad for cops (07.04.10)

Johannesburg - Measuring police performance through crime statistics could give rise to perverse incentives, two researchers said on Wednesday at a seminar in Pretoria. "Police performance in South Africa is largely measured ...

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