Violent crime falls after South Africa’s first hot spot policing trial
By Kouthar Sambo Crime in the Western Cape has reached high levels, particularly gang-related, as media reports indicated a spike in high jackings to construction mafias and extortions. The Institute for Security Studies has helped design an evidence-based intervention piloted in the Tafelsig area on visible policing, which has seen levels of crime declining by 20%. Speaking on VOC's Drive Time show on Monday, Senior Researcher of the Justice and […]
