ISS SEMINAR: CARS AND ROBBERS: DID SA`S SUCCESS AT REDUCING CAR THEFT AND HIJACKING LEAD TO THE INCREASE IN ROBBERY? Pretoria, 5 April 2006

Date: 2006-04-05 to Invalid date

ISS SEMINAR: CARS AND ROBBERS: DID SA`S SUCCESS AT REDUCING CAR THEFT AND HIJACKING LEAD TO THE INCREASE IN ROBBERY?
Pretoria, 5 April 2006

CRIME AND JUSTICE PROGRAMME

 

Between 1998 and 2004/5, car theft and car hijacking fell by 22% across South Africa. At the same time, the number of recorded aggravated robberies rose by nearly 40%. In an ISS Occasional Paper, Cars and Robbers: Has car theft crime prevention worked too well?, ISS senior Researcher Antony Altbeker, asks whether there is a relationship between these two trends. His statistical analysis of the patterns of car crime and aggravated robbery suggests that one of the ways that car thieves have adjusted to improvements in law enforcement and vehicle security has been by turning to robbery to make a living.

 

The full report will be released at the seminar.

 

Speakers:

1) Antony Altbeker: Senior Researcher, ISS
2) Lorinda Nel: BAC, coordinator anti-hijacking strategy

 

Date:     05 April 2006
Time:    10h00 – 13h00 (a light lunch will be served)
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 USAID and the Royal Danish Embassy

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