11 Apr 2007: ISS Seminar, Pretoria: Understanding Crime: The South African Crime and Victimisation Monitoring Tool

ISS Seminar: Understanding Crime: The South African Crime and Victimisation Monitoring Tool
Pretoria, 11 April 2007

The need for a better understanding of crime together with improved analysis and intelligence about the problem, has been identified as a priority by stakeholders ranging from the President in his state of the nation speech, to government’s Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster, and various civil society-based analysts. In response to the need for a more comprehensive and accurate analysis of data available in the public domain, the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention has developed a valuable and accessible tool that visually maps a range of data drawn from official police statistics and national victimisation surveys. The tool enables the crime picture in all regions, provinces and wards of South Africa to be established, along with long term trends. The tool reveals remarkable new patterns of criminal activity, contextualised by valuable demographic and socio-economic data. The SA Crime and Victimisation Mapping Tool will be demonstrated and discussed at a public seminar hosted by the ISS.

Speakers: Patrick Burton, Research Director at the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, will provide an introduction and background, and an overview of what is depicted.

Michael O’Donovan, statistician and analyst, Hlakanaphila Analytics, will highlight some of the trends and demonstrate how the tool works.

Date: Wed 11 April 2007

Time: 11h00 – 12h30 (followed by light lunch)

Venue: ISS, Block C, Brooklyn Court, Veale Street East, Pretoria

RSVP: Ms Busiswa Nyume, email: [email protected], Tel: (012) 346 9500, Fax (012) 460 0998

Parking is available at the Brooklyn Mall and ABSA Parkades at your own cost.

This seminar is made possible by funding from the Hanns Seidel Foundation