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A criminological analysis of copper cable theft in Gauteng

This dissertation focuses on the phenomenon of copper cable theft within the Gauteng Province of South Africa. Data was collected from literature sources as well as from security professionals combating copper theft.
There are five primary objectives in this research:
1. To explore and to describe the extent and the impact of copper cable theft.
2. To gain insight into the profile and the modus operandi of the offender.
3. To evaluate current intervention measures used to combat the copper cable theft.
4. To describe the general factors limiting the success of combating copper cable theft.
5. To recommend probable intervention measures with which to combat copper cable theft.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with responsible security officials of victim stakeholder groups in Gauteng. It was established that copper cable theft is currently a very serious crime that deserves both attention and quick intervention before it does irreparable damage to the utility infrastructure of Gauteng, in particular, and in fact to all these infrastructures in South Africa. / Criminology / M.A. (Criminology)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/10598
Date02 October 2013
CreatorsPretorius, William Lyon
ContributorsPrinsloo, Johannes Hendrik
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDissertation
Format1 online resource (xiii, 221 leaves)
RightsUniversity of South Africa

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