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This study aimed to explore factors that contribute to police killings at EThekwini District focusing at Inanda and Durban Central police station in KwaZulu-Natal. The main problem that led to this study was the high number ...
This study explores the use of strategic audit as a comprehensive tool to evaluate the strategic
management process at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in Pretoria. Employing a qualitative
case study design, the ...
Safety is a major concern in all cities around the world, and a lack of safety has an adverse impact on everyone’s quality of life. Criminality in cities has become a geographical footprint affecting communities and even ...
In recent years, explosives have become a tool of choice used by perpetrators who seek to access cash safes and for use at illegal mining sites. The Explosives Section attends to bombings for cash and the recovery of ...
This study assesses the application of intelligence-led investigations (ILIs) into the Illicit Tobacco Trade (ITT) in South Africa. This study adopted a qualitative, constructivist multiple case study design, employing ...
Corruption is a persistent issue and has far-reaching effects that affect not only South Africans' quality of life but also the country's social cohesion and economic growth. Its presence in the traffic police departments ...
This dissertation explores the phenomenon of illegal building occupation, commonly referred to as "building hijacking", within Johannesburg’s inner-city Region F, a densely populated area marked by socio-economic challenges, ...
This study evaluates the impact of organisational learning within the Crime Intelligence Division of the South African Police Service on crime reduction. The study addresses a significant gap in understanding the role of ...
The researcher explores the perspectives of police officers on human trafficking in Durban. The study seeks to determine how first-hand experience can be used to prevent human trafficking. To achieve the research aim and ...
It is widely accepted that the international community has an interest in the prevention and prosecution of certain crimes. These crimes are regarded as so egregious that they transcend state sovereignty and are subject ...
Firearm-related injuries resulting from firearm-related crimes such as homicide, suicide, accidental gun firing, and armed robbery have been a persistent and chief cause of mortality across all age groups globally. For ...
The purpose of this study is to explore the value of informers in the investigation of murder cases in Krugersdorp. The study was informed by phenomenological philosophy and adopted the qualitative research approach using ...
Crime scene staging is a phenomenon recognised in criminology, wherein perpetrators manipulate a crime scene to mislead investigators, diverting attention away from their actual actions and thwarting justice. While ...
This research investigated the accounts and psychosocial impact of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) hate crimes against specifically the lesbians in the Sekhukhune District in Limpopo ...
This study was conducted in the City of Johannesburg at (JMPD and GFIS). The study involved 20 JMPD and 20 GFIS members. The respondents were categorised as top, middle management, commander, supervisory and operational ...
The main aim of this study was to analyse the use of modus operandi as an identification technique in investigating Cash-In-Transit robberies in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Modus operandi information can be paramount ...
Correctional programmes have emerged as one of the most preferred ways of combating high rates of recidivism in the criminal justice system in South Africa. Since the drastic increase in crime rates globally, the South ...
The study explores forensic identification techniques used to investigate gender-based violence (GBV). The research critically evaluates the effectiveness and reliability of various forensic methods employed in identifying ...
This study explored the value that electronic surveillance adds to cartel investigations by adopting a qualitative research approach, utilising a case study research design, and guided by the exploratory research objective. ...