TIME TO TAKE ACTION: The 2006/07 crime statistics

Authors

  • Johan Burger Institute for Security Studies

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/2413-3108/2007/i21a969

Keywords:

crime statistics, South Africa, crime

Abstract

With increases of 2.4% and 4.6% respectively in the murder and aggravated robbery rates, the police’s release of the 2006/07 crime statistics confirmed the fears of many that violent crime is on the increase. During the media conference the police communicated the bad news badly in an obvious attempt to downplay the seriousness of a situation over which they, according to their own admission, actually have very little control. In a bizarre way this confirms that whatever we are doing to fight crime isn’t working and that it is time to consider something completely different.

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Author Biography

  • Johan Burger, Institute for Security Studies

    Crime and Justice Programme

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Published

2007-03-08

Issue

No. 21 (2007): September 2007

Section

Research articles

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