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Middle-class myth lacks empathy (28.09.09)

Letters to the editor, Business Day 28 September 2009. The opening paragraph of your report on the latest crime statistics refers to business robberies, house robberies and car hijackings stating that these ...

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Assault, rape and the treatment of prisoners (24.09.10)

By Bronwynne Jooste What the Jali Commission said: THE REPORT focuses attention on “the horrific scourge of sexual violence that plagues our prisons where appalling abuses and acts of sexual perversion are ...

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Beware middle class influence on police priorities, warns CSVR (24.09.09)

By Yugendree Naidoo The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) has warned that society needs to be wary of the middle class dictating which crimes are prioritised by the police. ...

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'Focus on all violence' (23.09.09)

JOHANNESBURG — The government should focus attention on all forms of armed violence rather than exclusively on house and business robberies, the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) said ...

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Sexual offences increase by 10% (23.09.09)

By Caiphus Kgosana There were 24 836 cases of rape reported in the country in the past year. Crime statistics released yesterday show that reported sexual offences increased by 10 percent, but the ...

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Crime nightmare (23.09.09)

By Alex Eliseev, Gill Gifford and Shaun Smillie The crimes you fear the most are on the rise - with violent house robberies showing an alarming spike. In Gauteng, the number of murders, house ...

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Male rape more prevalent than society believes (22.09.09)

By Regan Thaw The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation says levels of male rape in South African are higher than initially believed. A police investigation into the rape case of ...

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