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Eco-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.Document'Keep calm and carry on': an initial African assessment of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) 2010 Review Conference
Institute for Security Studies, 2010States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) adopted a final document at its 8th Review Conference in 2010. This paper review that document from an African perspective.DocumentThe chair of the African Union: what prospect for institutionalisation?
Institute for Security Studies, 2010The chair of the Pan-African organisation (PAO) is one position that can be scrutinised and defined with difficulty. Its real political and institutional significance can only be appraised through a historical analysis because it is an institution that has evolved through practical engagements.DocumentAfrican efforts to close the impunity gap: lessons for complementarity from national and regional actions
Institute for Security Studies, 2012The aim of this paper is to highlight some of the successes and challenges of domestic and regional international criminal justice processes in 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.DocumentImplications of the AU decision to give the African Court jurisdiction over international crimes
Institute for Security Studies, 2012In 2010, the African Union (AU) Commission appointed consultants to work on drafting an amended protocol on the Statute of the African Court (AC). The amended protocol was approved in 2012. The paper shows that the amendment provides for the expansion of the jurisdiction of the AC to deal with specific criminal matters.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.DocumentLinks between climate change, conflict and governance in Africa
Institute for Security Studies, 2012Climate change has repeatedly been called a major threat to Africa. Identically, the risk of climate-induced violent and armed conflict is considered high for the continent. The current paper identifies available policy options and recommends mitigating measures to counter these perceived effects of climate change in Africa.Pages