Marikana is an important reminder of the need to strengthen public order policing in South Africa.
The Western Cape’s After School Game Changer shows how good quality programmes stimulate children and ensure their safety.
Africa must be prepared for the abuse of big data and the growing threat of cybercrime.
In this edition: student crime at urban universities, women involved in crime, rethinking crime and punishment and ‘family-joining’ refugee rights.
Murder data and mapping can serve as a guide to action, because it provides insights into general violence trends.
If the underlying data is mostly accurate, spatial analysis can reveal crime trends and enable more intelligent responses.
Amnesty and rehabilitation programmes often fail because security forces target and abuse former combatants.
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