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Analysis of the role of traditional leadership in partnership policingMabunda, Dumisani Quiet 03 April 2018 (has links)
The main objective of this research is to analyse the role that traditional leadership plays in partnership policing in Limpopo, particularly in the Giyani and Malamulele areas, South Africa. Given the challenges associated with traditional initiation schools, the study investigated factors that hinder the effective participation of traditional leadership in partnership policing; explored the extent of partnership policing in rural areas in Limpopo that are led by traditional leaders; and examined best practices with regard to the roles of traditional leadership in partnership policing. Potential areas of non-compliance with and ignorance of the law, and the Constitution, were identified.
The role of traditional leadership in other African countries, such as Ghana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana, was also analysed. A comprehensive literature study on traditional leadership and international best practices on partnership policing was conducted. Traditional leaders play a vital role in the development process. Furthermore, traditional leaders play a significant role in resource mobilisation and political stability. The primary question guiding this study is: What is the role of traditional leadership in partnership policing in the rural areas of Limpopo?
During the research process, in-depth interviews, non-participative observation and focus group interviews were conducted with the relevant role players. These role players included Chiefs, Indunas and Headmen, SAPS representatives, representatives from the Department of Community Safety and Liaison, as well as representatives from the Department of Cooperative Government and Traditional Affairs in Limpopo.
The study fulfilled the following objectives:
Identified factors that hinder the effective participation of traditional leadership in partnership policing;
Explored the extent of partnership policing in rural areas, in Limpopo, led by traditional leaders; and
Examined international best practices with regard to the role of traditional leadership in partnership policing. Based on the findings of this study, a Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Policing Strategy (MSPPS) was developed. This strategy could serve as a recommendation to advise the SAPS of a more substantial role that traditional leadership could fulfil in partnership policing in the rural areas of Limpopo; this would also contribute towards further identifying best practices with a view to benchmark such a strategy in rural areas throughout South Africa. This study makes a significant contribution to the improvement of working relations between the police and traditional leadership in Limpopo. Secondly, the study promotes nation-building, harmony and peace between traditional leadership, the SAPS and other relevant stakeholders in the quest to prevent crimes associated with traditional cultural practices. / Political Sciences / D. Litt. et Phil. (Police Science)
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Kartering van selfoontegnologieLochner, Hendrik Thomas 10 1900 (has links)
It is sincerely hoped that this work will motivate other researchers and in particular my colleagues to do further research in the field of cellphone technology, especially how it can be mapped to enable it to be utilised as evidence in our courts.
This research aims to develop the mapping of cellphone technology as an aid in the investigation of crime.
The mapping of cellphone technology refers to how cellphone technology can be utilised in crime investigation and in particular how a criminal can be placed at the scene of a crime, as a result of a cellphone call that was either made or received.
To place the suspect at the scene of a crime as a result of a call made or received, cellphone records and technology of the relevant cellphone company, as well as present computer programmes can be utilised. Shortly, it can be said that a criminal can geographically be placed within a space some where on this earth. / Criminology / M.Tech. (Forensic Investigation)
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The impact of the Firearm Control Act 60/2000 in restricting gun ownership for at risk individuals in the Pretoria North Firearm Registration Centre policing areaBopape, Lesetja Simon 30 June 2008 (has links)
The research project investigated the impact of the Firearms Control Act (FCA) 60 of 2000 in restricting gun ownership for at-risk individuals in the Pretoria North Firearm Registration Centre (FRC) policing area and identified prevention strategy as well as specific factors that contributed to this problem. Secondary prevention focuses on situational factors that reduces the means and opportunity for at-risk people to commit crime and can be applied in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. One hundred and thirteen legal firearm owners in the Pretoria North FRC policing area responded to the questionnaire schedule. Data was also collected through interviews with Designated Firearm Officers (DFO) and court officials in that area. Specific factors have been identified that contribute to firearms landing in the hands of at-risk individuals in the Pretoria North FRC policing area. They are among others, poor administration of some sections of the FCA like background checks and section 102 and 103 unfitness declarations. The role of the DFO in continuous public education program on the FCA is also invaluable. The same goes to the general public s involvement in the identification of at-risk individuals. The South African Police Service management needs to address issues within the police service such as additional trained personnel, allocation of sufficient logistical resources like vehicles, computers and scanners to ensure effectiveness in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. Several secondary role players have been identified that should work closely with the primary role players to address this problem. The recommendations drawn from conclusions as well as the inter-departmental role of all the different role players may assist in restricting firearms from at-risk individuals. / Police Practice / M.Tech. (Policing)
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Misdaadvoorkoming by nywerhede: 'n gevallestudie by Transvaal Suiker Beperk / Crime prevention at industries : a case study at Transvaal Sugar LimitedKruger, Johannes Frederick Eric 06 1900 (has links)
Text in Afrikaans / Hierdie navorsing fokus op misdaadvoorkoming by nywerhede met Transvaal Suiker Beperk
as geselekteerde studieveld. Die meganiese en fisiese misdaadvoorkomingsmaatreëls aan die
hand van Oscar Newman se verdedigbare mimte model is as basis gebruik. Bestaande
misdaadvoorkomingsmaatreëls te Transvaal Suiker Beperk is geëvalueer en aanbevelings is
gemaak waar nodig. Die waarde van primêre fisiese versperrings ten opsigte van
misdaadvoorkoming is beklemtoon tydens hierdie studie. Sonder die ondersteuning van
konvensionele elektronika, en die insette van die mensfaktor, is fisiese
misdaadvoorkomingsmaatreëls van geringe waarde. Omgewingsontwerp sluit hierby aan.
Effektiewe misdaadvoorkoming verg deurlopende kreatiewe denke met toepaslike optrede. / This research focus on crime prevention at industries with Transvaal Sugar Limited as
selected study field. The mechanical and physical crime prevention measures, based on Oscar
Newman's defensible space model, was used as focus point. Crime prevention measures in place at
Transvaal Sugar Limited was evaluated and the necessary recommendations made. The value of the
primary physical barriers in regard off crime prevention was emphasised in this study. Without
the support of conventional electronics, together with the inputs of the human factor, physical
crime prevention measures will be of little value. Environmental design joins this field.
Effective crime prevention needs continuous creative thinking together with the necessary action. / Criminolgy / M. A. (Kriminologie)
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An examination of the impact of residential security measures on the incidence of residential burglary in two selected northern suburbs of Johannesburg: a security risk management approachOlckers, Casparus 30 June 2007 (has links)
Motivation
This project was of specific importance to the private security industry, victims of residential burglary, community policing forums and the South African Police Service in providing detailed information regarding recommendations of how to manage and combat residential burglary in two selected northern suburbs of Johannesburg.
Problem statement
Residential burglary is categorised in the top three highest reported crimes according to the official South African Police Service statistics for the 2006/7 financial years.
A series of victim interviews, docket analysis, case plotting and residential security audit surveys were conducted to determine the extent (or lack thereof) of security measures at a burgled residence in the selected area.
Approach
Field data was collected through docket analysis, plotting crime scenes (descriptive mapping), victim interviews and residential security audit surveys.
Results
The majority of victims of burglary interviewed did not have the minimum security system (integrated measures) in place. Those victims, who had security measures, appeared not to have made or implemented effective use of them.
Conclusion
Security at a residence extends beyond just the immediate house area and the focus (security risk assessment) should start with the immediate neighbourhood (community) area working inwards towards the property perimeter (boundary), inner perimeter (garden area) and then finally the immediate house area. / CRIMINOLOGY / MTECH: SECURITY RISK MAN
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Modus operandi as technique in suspect identification in burglary casesBerning, J. M. S. P. 31 August 2008 (has links)
The research attempts to establish how modus operandi can be used to identify
suspects in burglary cases. To conduct effective investigation, it is important
for investigators to be familiar with the concept modus operandi, its elements,
its influence and its values.
To achieve the goals and objectives of the practice of modus operandi,
investigators must know how to apply modus operandi, what the situational
factors are during a criminal act, and how to use it as technique to identify
suspects in burglary cases.
The direction by implication and clarification of the crime situation is hardly
possible without the determination of the identity of the perpetrator or suspect
of a criminal act. The recognition of the modus operandi system as any form of
evidence gathering is of outmost importance. / Criminology / M.Tech. (Forensic investigation)
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Uitwerking van oorbevolking binne Suid-Afrikaanse gevangenisse op die rehabilitasie van oortredersVan der Westhuizen, Barend Marthinus 30 June 2005 (has links)
In this research project the overcrowding problem in South African prisons will be analysed as well as the influence it had on the rehabilitation of offenders.
The problem of overcrowding in South Africa's prisons is very clear when the approved accommodation of a prison is compared with the actual number of prisoners incarcerated.
Prison sentences are a favoured form of punishment throughout the world. More and more people seek alternatives to incarceration in order to reduce prison overcrowding.
The time to finalize criminal cases, releases on bail, the abolishment of minimum sentences and better utilization of community based sentences are some of the issues which can reduce overcrowding.
One of the concepts that was implemented to establish rehabilitation within prisons was Unit Management. The number of prisoners incarcerated makes it difficult for Unit Management to be effective. In some cases prisoners are kept under inhumane conditions which is a violation of the Constitution of South Africa.
Currently the morale of members of Correctional Services is very low and this has an influence on the way in which they treat prisoners. These members are supposed to be an example to prisoners but instead their bad behaviour has a negative influence on prisoner's discipline.
Correctional Services goal is to make every member a rehabilitator but overcrowding will first have to be reduced. Individual attention to prisoners is one of the building blocks of Unit Management but overcrowding of prisons creates a member/prisoner ratio which is far too high to be effective with rehabilitating prisoners.
Community based sentences can also be utilized more frequently by the courts. It can better rehabilitation possibilities and through this the objectives of punishment are met. In the past the focus of South African Law was on the criminal. With the Correctional Services Act (Act 111/1998) this focus was shifted to the victim as well. Both these parties can now come together and discuss the offence as well as the influence it had on the victim. This is called restorative justice and it helps the offender with re-integration into the community. / Criminology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Penology)
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An analysis of crime prevention as a core function of the South African Police ServiceVuma, Phillip Resimate 10 1900 (has links)
The basic mission of the police is to prevent crime and disorder and this translates into
measuring police efficiency by the absence of crime and disorder rather than the visible
actions taken to deal with crime and restore the violated order. For almost two centuries
now, crime prevention has been understood and approached as the core responsibility
of the police as they are the active partners who are responsible to activate the
community who is the passive partner towards crime prevention. Recently there are
scholars, police scientists and researchers who are of the view that the police cannot
prevent crime so crime prevention should not be the core function of the police.
The study gives a detailed analysis of the proponents and opponents of crime
prevention as the core function of the police. This analysis has been provided in the
context of the origin of policing through to the modern era in policing in an attempt to
find out for which purpose the police had been established for. This is done in order to
track down whether the initial purpose for which the police had been established for has
changed in modern policing, with the ultimate aim of affirming or negating the
proposition by some of the proponents of crime prevention as not the core function of
the police, who are of the view that crime prevention should no longer be the core
function of the police, as used to be the case.The arguments and counter arguments on whether crime prevention is the core function
of the police or not, as well as the response from the selected countries were analyzed.
The golden thread that runs through the eras of policing is that crime prevention is and
has always been the main function of the police. The relative ease of measuring police
performance by reactive activities in comparison with proactive activities seems to
indicate that the police might focus more working on these measurable activities as
compared to crime prevention activities that could go unnoticed. / Police Practice / D. Litt. et Phil. (Police Science)
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Prevention of theft of official vehicles of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in the Gauteng ProvinceMathebula, Esewu Mxolisi 29 September 2014 (has links)
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was formed in 1994 after the
integration of different “defence forces” into one large force. The sole existence of the
SANDF is to protect the borders of the Republic of South Africa and its inhabitants.
Resources such as vehicles make it easier for the SANDF to conduct mobile patrols
and other operations to ensure that the organisation is always combat-ready.
Motor vehicle theft is a crime that affects both individual citizens and organisations in
South Africa; the SANDF is not immune to the crime. Many SANDF motor vehicles are
stolen almost every day, and in most cases, these vehicles are taken without a trace.
While there are security measures in place aimed at preventing theft of SANDF
vehicles but these methods have proven futile.
A literature review formed the basis of the study. Once the main theory and ideologies
were identified, unstructured interviews were undertaken to gather information from
various stakeholders. Observations were also conducted to determine behavioural
patterns within military bases/units with regard to the parking of SANDF vehicles, even
when the vehicles were parked in urban settings. Essentially, there is a problem
regarding the security of SANDF vehicles and also the security within military bases /
units. This study indicated that the SANDF loses vast amounts of money due to motor
vehicle theft in Gauteng Province. The findings also revealed that the current vehicle
security measures are outdated, ineffective and inadequate in preventing SANDF
vehicles from being stolen.
The recommendations are that the SANDF must invest more of its budget on vehicle
security, rather than continuing with fruitless and monetary expenditure by conducting
Board of Inquiries (BOI) or lengthy investigations in an attempt to relocate stolen
vehicles or to determine how a particular vehicle was stolen. The SANDF requires a
comprehensive system that should prevent the theft of its vehicles, as well as curbing
the misuse of vehicles which ultimately renders SANDF vehicles as easy targets. / Police Practice / M. Tech. (Policing)
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An evaluation of the implementation of sector policing in TembisaHlungwani, Freddy 27 October 2014 (has links)
The research problem that was investigated in this research study was to evaluate the implementation of sector policing in Tembisa policing precinct. Even though there are policies and directives on how to implement it, there is still some challenges because it is yet to yield the intended results. Data was collected from focus group interviews, literature studies and polices. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in the form of focus group interviews. Moreover, a literature study including material such as official SAPS documents, library sources and National Legislation regarding community policing has been presented. Data was also collected from sector managers, sector teams, CPF members and pastors who participated in four focus group interviews in Tembisa police station. The sample was chosen on the basis of what the researcher considers to be typical units. Participants were interviewed in stages. The collected data was broken into themes, patterns, trends and relationships. Data analysis followed verbatim transcription of interviews, that’s why the researcher followed Tesch’s approach of descriptive analysis.
The research conducted indicated that although progress has been made in the implementation of sector policing In Tembisa, there still more which needs to be done. Specific concerns which require the attention of SAPS management were raised. It is clear that internal communication and consultation are a necessity. It is also clear that members on the ground are not well trained because they lack the actual knowledge on how to implement it. Training and development of all role players need to be prioritised to enhance their knowledge. All the role players need to be motivated during the implementation of sector policing to ensure that they are ready for the job ahead. The recommendations drawn from the conclusions made in this study may provide a proper direction on how to implement sector policing in the Republic. / Police Practice / M.Tech. (Policing)
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