| 4 April 2013 |
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| Feature: Crime and violence is not all black and white in South Africa |
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`Man, superman, gunman: Oscar Pistorius and South Africa`s culture of violence.` This was the headline article in the influential Time magazine of 11 March 2013.
In the article journalist Alex Perry makes the case for why South Africa is so violent. Yet, despite the clarity of his carefully constructed argument, the broad-brushstroke analysis he offers of what ails South Africa conceals as much as it reveals. The article also revels in gross generalisations.
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| ISS Today |
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| Making the Arms Trade Treaty work in practice is the real challenge for Africa |
African states need support from international partners to implement the ATT. Without this, the treaty might prove be counter-productive, at least in the short term.
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| Events |
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| Understanding police brutality in South Africa: challenges and solutions, 11 April 2013 |
The seminar will consider the issue of police brutality in South Africa and provide insights from the perspective of the police, those who investigate incidents of police brutality, and those who monitor and study policing more generally.
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| ISS 4th international conference: National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal justice, 21 and 22 August 2013 |
The conference provides an exciting opportunity to showcase current criminological and contiguous research as well as policy initiatives from across the world.
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| The implications of military intervention on the Malian crisis |
While the deployment of the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) was painstakingly being planned, events suddenly accelerated on 10 January 2013 when the town of Konna fell into the hands of the armed groups occupying the northern part of the country.
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| Publications |
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| Africa`s role in shaping the international nuclear security agenda |
Nuclear security will once again take centre stage in July 2013 when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosts a conference on enhancing global efforts to achieve effective security of nuclear and other radioactive materials.
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| African Security Review, Volume 22 No. 1 |
The first issue of the African Security Review for 2013 covers recurring security concerns for Africa, emerging trends, and new developments to track in the coming years.
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| Multimedia |
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| Space and crime in historical perspective |
From a historical analysis of the magnitude of crime and its
spatial extent, it emerges that crime continues to be
shaped by socio-economic factors that concentrate crime in areas
plagued by poverty, inequality and unemployment.
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| Do spatial technologies have any utility in combating crime? |
Spatial technologies are powerful tools for understanding
the nature of crime and combating it. It is only when various
stakeholders harness these technologies and collaborate in the drive
to fight crime that lasting success can be registered.
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