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Mainstreaming environment into humanitarian interventions: a synopsis of key organisations, literature and experience
Evidence on Demand, 2013This study reviews a selection of materials on the environment and humanitarian interventions, focusing on who is active in the field of environment and humanitarian response, and what exists in terms of application to manage environmental concerns during humanitarian interventions.DocumentLand governance and transparency livelihoods CPD event: overview
Evidence on Demand, 2013This document is a summary of key points made by speaker in the “Land Governance and Transparency” event, which took place in the UK in 2013.DocumentCorruption in the South African Police Service: civilian perceptions and experiences
Institute for Security Studies, 2011Ever since it was founded in 1995, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has struggled to foster an image as a professional police agency. However, there is major reason for the SAPS’s poor public image: the perception that many SAPS officials are corrupt.DocumentExploring alternative approaches for managing electoral injustice in Africa
Institute for Security Studies, 2010African dictators have resisted the transition before succumbing to both internal and external pressures; however, the electoral process has often turned to warfare in many of the states, as it has sometimes been difficult to remove incumbents through the ballot box.DocumentEco-cop: environmental policing in Eastern Africa
Institute for Security Studies, 2010This paper looks at one dominant realm of governance that makes up modern policing, i.e. the environmental realm, and particularly the policing activity known as environmental crime management.DocumentTowards an understanding of repeat violent offending: a review of the literature
Institute for Security Studies, 2010The purpose of the study is to provide detailed data about the life histories and life circumstances of repeat violent offenders in South Africa.DocumentNuclear energy rethink: the rise and demise of South Africa's Pebble Bed Modular Reactor
Institute for Security Studies, 2010Nuclear power has long been questioned for reasons of health, environment, proliferation, expense, opportunity cost and governance. This paper argues that for South Africa to derive a carbon benefit from switching to nuclear power, the country would have to commission so many new reactors that the nation would be bankrupted.DocumentProfessionalism and the South African Police Service: what is it and how can it help build safer communities?
Institute for Security Studies, 2012The SAPS is a modern police agency with impressive recruitment, training, technology, management and operational systems. The current brief demonstrates that the SAPS has done well to weather the storm of rising crime and panic that has gripped South Africa for almost two decades.DocumentInside view: police officials' perceptions of corruption and integrity management at three Gauteng SAPS stations in 2009
Institute for Security Studies, 2011This paper explores and compares the manner in which corruption, fraud and integrity management manifested within South African Police Service (SAPS) stations in 2009.DocumentComparing Somalia's al-Shabaab and Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army: a toxic mix of religion, politics and violence
Institute for Security Studies, 2011Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen (HSM) and Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army could in principle be regarded as soldiers of the same struggle: both of these militant groups have a comparable goal of implementing religious law (Islamic rule in Somalia and the Ten Commandments in Uganda).Pages