Thesis (M.M. (Security))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, 2013. / This study is about the challenges inherent in the implementation of the firearms control
policy in the management and control of Estate Firearms. The interest in the phenomenon
emerged in the midst of the recently developed new Firearms Control Act, 2000 (Act No.
60 of 2000).
Amongst other things, this policy sought to facilitate the prevention of the proliferation of
firearms that in most instances eventually become available for the commission of violent
crimes. Despite this development, a gap has been identified that firearms owned and left
by deceased persons are not properly managed and controlled. In order to unravel the
challenges the South African Police Service is confronted with in implementing the
firearms control policy the study resorted to using the qualitative. An interpretive
approach blended with descriptive study was used in order to generate deeper
understanding of issues investigated.
The research environments were the South African Police Service, the Department of
Home Affairs and the Department of Justice & Constitutional Development within the
Master of the High Court: South Gauteng.
The research established that although some measures were put in place to implement the
firearms control policy, there still are many challenges such as: monitoring and
evaluation, poor management of systems, insufficient outreach and awareness rousing and
the lack of enforcement by all the role players as identified in the study. A Inter-Agency
Co-creation Model is also proposed as a means to consolidate suggestions that were
presented by respondents. Further research is recommended into:
• A quantitative study be done on the same topic.
• The management of the EFRS and its impact on the implementation of the
Firearms Control Policy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/13603 |
| Date | 27 January 2014 |
| Creators | Mabule, Lucky Joseph |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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