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Glancing the city : a story of six refugees in Cape Town.

Author: Armstrong, Adam Date: 2011 South African spaces are socially and politically important. Historically this is due to Apartheid's brutal exclusion. More recently, this can be attributed to the conscious building of the "new South Africa? after 1994. Concurrently, many ... Read more
Let's talk about sext : gendered millennial perceptions of sexting in a cyborg society

Author: Meyer, Melissa Isabella Date: 2016 In a cyborg society where people exist both organically and via technology, sexual expression and interaction via technology has become 'normal'. The controversy surrounding sexting stems from contemporary literature and media portraying it ... Read more
Mapping the security arrangements for Khayelitsha's schools: what are the normative and functional outcomes of a nodal policing approach to poling school-based violence in Khayelitsha?

Author: Henderson, Ashleigh Date: 2015 In light of the contextual realities of school violence, the aim of this paper is to provide an analytical map of the security arrangements at schools in a particular area, namely Khayelitsha. The question is not whether these arrangements ... Read more
The new security beat : an audit of interventions employed to protect young people at Westbank High School in Metro-South district of the Western Cape

Author: Dube, Paul Date: 2011 All over the world, state police are but one actor within a hybrid policing field involved in the provision of security. Civil society can legitimately come together in either self-help schemes or by means of buying security to deal with ... Read more
Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences

Author: Skywalker, Luke Lee Date: 2014 The study is a contextual account of various factors that facilitate and promote the continued dominance of the ‘Number gangs’ prevalent in many (if not most) South African prisons. Even though there is a substantial amount of factors that ... Read more
Polycentric security governance : legitimacy, accountability, and the public interest

Author: Berg, Julie Date: 2015 This thesis examines how power is constituted in hybrid polycentric systems of security governance. In particular, the thesis explores how legitimacy - as one form of power - is configured in Improvement Districts in South Africa, with a ... Read more
Private prisons : international experiences and South African prospects

Author: Berg, Julie Date: 2000 Bibliography: leaves 165-170. Read more
Protection and pragmatism: an exploration of the mentalities of workers in the private security industry

Author: Weber, Ruby Date: 2017 The quest for 'security' and the practices aimed at creating this on a literal and a figurative level is a common human striving. The people whom we task and entrust with providing this security are increasingly part of a combination of both ... Read more
Taming the green bull in the regulatory china shop how insufficient understanding of governance and power resulted in the Solar Water Heater Bylaw in the City of Cape Town not being implemented

Author: Grimwood, Sakina Date: 2012 This thesis grapples with the one particular case: the unsuccessful draft Solar Water Heater By-law in the City of Cape Town. The case is framed by the question why the by-law initiative did not take off. The choce behind this initiative was ... Read more
The honest thief: a qualitative study exploring the ethics of clandestine intelligence collection in a statutory environment

Author: Corbett,Trevor R Date: 2018 Researchers studying intelligence ethics have rarely had access to the insight of serving intelligence practitioners. In this study, a small number of practitioners were sampled in an attempt to gain an understanding of the techniques they ... Read more
The private security industry in South Africa: A review of applicable legislation

Author: Berg, Julie Date: 2003 The pre- and post- apartheid governments have been engaging with the private security industry through the creation and enforcement of legislation to regulate the industry. The new government, in particular, has been actively implementing ... Read more
The risk of 'tik' and the crime rate

Author: Berg, Julie Date: 2005 This article provides an overview of the annual crime statistics as released by the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) from 1994 to 2005, which will be portrayed in graphics and briefly discussed. But, as the crime rates will demonstrate, ... Read more
Towards a third phase of regulation: re-imagining private security in South Africa

Author: Berg, Julie ; Nouveau, Jean-Pierre Date: 2011 With the legislative review of police oversight currently taking place in South Africa, now is a good time to reflect on the regulation of the private security industry. This article does so by focusing on three challenges to the current ... Read more
Violence, violence prevention, and safety: A research agenda for South Africa

Author: Ward, Catherine L ; Artz, Lillian ; Berg, Julie ; Boonzaier, Florett ; Crawford-Browne, Sarah ; Dawes, Andrew ; Foster, Donald ; Matzopoulos, Richard ; Nicol, Andrew ; Seeking, Jeremy ; Van As, Arjan B ; Van der Spuy, Elrena Date: 2012 Violence is a serious problem in South Africa with many effects on health services; it presents complex research problems and requires interdisciplinary collaboration. Two key meta-questions emerge: (i) violence must be understood better to ... Read more c b a
What is the effect of a state centric approach on policing in South Africa? A review of policy

Author: Kasipo, Mafuro Date: 2014 A state centric approach to policing has had a detrimental effect on security governance in South Africa. This approach is an enduring legacy of the Hobbesian worldview which places the state at the centre of security governance. However, the ... Read more