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The safety of correctional officials, criminals who are incarcerated, and people who are being held while awaiting trial are all seriously threatened by contraband in facilities. This study filled a gap in the literature ...
Correctional centres play a vital role in the rehabilitation of offenders. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, crime has increased globally in countries the world over, especially youth crime, although commonly ...
Crime scenes will always be a critical source of information in any investigated criminal incident. It is where most clues or evidence about a criminal activity are found. The police are mandated to preserve and investigate ...
This study analysed the private security companies’ (PSCs) compliance to the private security industry (PSI) regulatory framework or the lack thereof, in the province of Gauteng, South Africa. The overarching rationale for ...
Violent crime is a serious concern in the Ohangwena Region and has a negative impact on many lives. The fear of violent crime, the loss of life and the socioeconomic impact of such crimes may create the impression that the ...
This study was conducted as a result of the various media reports and complaints from the Emfuleni Local Municipality residents on the impact of corruption on service delivery in the Emfuleni local municipality. The ...
This study reports on the exploration of investigative challenges of fraud cases by the General Detectives in the Eastern Cape Province. The researcher used a qualitative descriptive phenomenological research design to ...
Systemic corruption presupposes the commission of corrupt practices in an organised manner, at a scale and intensity, that is unparallel to other types of corruption. The assumption is that the deficiency in regulatory ...
The imperative for protecting critical national infrastructure has engendered development of the Security Threat Assessment Framework that is implemented by the South African government under the guidance of the State ...
The goal of this study was to explore the effectiveness of existing safety and security
measures at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) in crime prevention. The value
of ORTIA was established in terms of tourism and ...
The widespread cybercrime has caused changes and brought about a need for new investigative skills, laws and enforcement procedures to attack these obstacles. Since technological crimes committed through the information ...
The South African Police Service`s fingerprints system cannot identify latent prints of innocent people or first-time offenders, it can only identify persons who had previously been charged. Therefore, the purpose of this ...
The aim of this study is to determine the standardisation and conformance of the forensic reports issued by the South African Police Service Division Forensic Service in accordance with the service’s Standard Operating ...
Rape is a severe crime in South Africa, and several cases of rape pass through the courts every year. However, many of these cases fail to get convictions due to problems experienced while collecting evidence from the crime ...
A qualitative exploratory study developed on global literature and research investigates female inmates' perspectives concerning correctional education programmes presented whilst incarcerated. Worldwide studies have ...
A state of unemployment links with human rights at some point in life. Some human rights can only be met when there is an employed breadwinner in the family. Unemployment can also be a crime generator. The South African ...
Corruption remains a phenomenon which bedevil the general society and as long as this evil is not addressed, government and affected businesses will keep on suffering financial losses. From a crime investigation perspective, ...
The study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of certain criminal justice system strategies in curbing overcrowding of remand detainees with focus on
bedspace management, the implementation of bail protocol and ...
Corruption has become endemic in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to assess the investigation of corruption cases in the Eastern Cape Province. The province is considered as the poorest and most disadvantaged ...
This research was conducted because of the increase in national, cross border and international threats at Maritime Ports of Entry in South Africa. The purpose of the study was to improve security at Maritime Ports of Entry ...