The South African National Crime Prevention Strategy : overview and contextual analysis
Date
2000
Authors
Van Aswegen, W. F.
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Stellenbosch : Dept. of Social Work, University of Stellenbosch
Abstract
The article provides an overview of the main interventions proposed in the South African National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) as well as a discussion of the aims and principles of the strategy in the context of sociological/criminological theories of crime, philosophical theories of punishment, and patterns and strategies for controlling crime in Western societies. The main themes addressed are: crime and human rights, crime control vs. crime prevention, crime as security issue vs. crime as social issue, retributive justice vs. restorative justice, and community-based crime prevention and criminal justice.
Description
The original publication is available from http://sun025.sun.ac.za/portal/page/portal/Arts/Departments/social_work/journals.
Keywords
National Crime Prevention Strategy, Crime -- Social aspects, Crime -- South Africa, Crime control -- South Africa
Citation
Van Aswegen, W.F. 2000. The South African National Crime Prevention Strategy : overview and contextual analysis. Social Work: Professional journal for the social worker/Maatskaplike Werk: Vaktydskrif vir die maatskaplike werker, 36(2), 141-149