Abstract
The study explores the perceptions of learners and educators at the Strelitzia Secondary
School in Isipingo, Durban, regarding safety at the school. Members of the Isipingo
Community Policing Forum, as well as South African Police Service were involved in the
study as external participants. Through known types of research approaches (quantitative and
qualitative), more than 400 questionnaires were completed by Strelitzia Secondary School
learners while 20 interview schedules were conducted with Strelitzia Secondary School
educators, as well as members of the Isipingo Community PolicingForum and the South
African Police Service (Durban South Area). The questionnaires were analysed through nonparametric
statistical tests such as Chi-square, while the interview schedules made use of
content analyses and theme identification. The study revealed that most Strelitzia Secondary
School learners and educators as well as Isipingo CPF members and SAPS members who
participated in the study, were of the opinion that Strelitzia Secondary School is a safe
environment even though a culture of violence exists in which learners bring drugs, alcohol
and firearms to school, and corporal punishment is still practised.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001424 |
| Date | 27 August 2007 |
| Creators | Steyn, J, Naicker, MK |
| Publisher | Acta Criminologica |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | |
| Rights | Acta Criminologica |
| Relation | Southern African Journal of Criminology |
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