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Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994
Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46070 Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994 Hough, Mike (Michael) Pienaar, L.E. (Lyle Eugene) UCTD Causes of crime Consequences of crime National security Fear of crime Violent crime Thesis (DPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The primary aim of this thesis is to assess whether and to what extent serious crime and specifically violent and organised crime, poses a national security threat to South Africa since 1994. To achieve this, the study focuses on serious crime in South Africa before 1994; serious crime trends and characteristics between 1994 and 2009; crime prevention and national security polices developed after 1994; public perceptions of safety and security after 1994; and the consequences of serious crime. In this regard three assumptions were formulated for assessment namely: − South Africa exhibits many of the national security issues of the developing world, as manifested in predominately internal threats to security. − Serious crime is one of the main threats to South Africa’s national security, and continues to have an extremely negative impact on all spheres of life, especially on the country’s social, economic, security and political environments. − There has been increasing concern over the occurrence of crime, particularly serious crime, in South Africa since 1994, despite certain statistical decreases. All three of the assumptions could be verified in the study. tm2015 Political Sciences DPhil Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:06:45Z 2015-07-02T11:06:45Z 2015/04/24 2014 Thesis Pienaar, LE 2014, Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994, DPhil Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46070> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46070 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Causes of crime Consequences of crime National security Fear of crime Violent crime Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994 |
| title | Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994 |
| title_full | Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994 |
| title_fullStr | Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994 |
| title_short | Serious Crime as a National Security Threat in South Africa Since 1994 |
| title_sort | serious crime as a national security threat in south africa since 1994 |
| topic | UCTD Causes of crime Consequences of crime National security Fear of crime Violent crime |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46070 |