Institute for Security Studies monograph number 120. Assesses the rural crime-fighting capacity lost with the phasing out of the South African Defence Forces Territorial Reserve. 62pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

Non-human primates have no rights. Still classified as problem animals along with rats and other vermin, they are regarded as enemies of the state. This means anyone can hunt them down for sport or use them in laboratories - in fact, do whatever they please with them. Pioneering work examines the plight of animals as food, the trade in wildlife, trophy hunting and vivisection. Index, bib, notes, 210pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DOUBLE STOREY BOOKS.

The taint of corruption has hovered spectre-like over South African politics since Patricia de Lilles arm's deal dossier hit parliament in 1999, but the plethora of newspaper articles, court cases, conspiracy theories and counter-allegations surrounding the deal still leaves many scratching their heads. This overview of the scandal starts at the roots and works its way to the present, telling the story in the simplest way possible. 376pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

The Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act 105 of 1983 was a radical and far-reaching, as well as overdue, modernisation of South African admiralty law. Described as 'bold, innovative and comprehensive', it introduced - for the first time anywhere in the world - the provisions enabling an action to be pursued by way of the arrest of an associated ship rather than the ship in respect of which the claim lay. This work, by one of South Africa's pre-eminent shipping lawyers, analyses the nature of this novel action. That involves a review of how the jurisdiction came about; its nature and impact; the problems to which it gives rise and the making of some modest suggestions concerning the road ahead. 400pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SIBERINK.

New in the riveting TRUE CRIME series, this retraces acts of unthinkable violence by young South Africans on the threshold of their lives. It tells ten true stories about youngsters ending other peoples lives before their own have properly begun; about boys and girls who lie and steal; learners from privileged backgrounds who kill a homeless man; sixteen-year-olds who murder their parents and siblings. 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

Provides a textured social history of African youth gangs in the Johannesburg/ Soweto area from the emergence of a juvenile delinquency crisis in the 1930's to the student led uprising of 1976, and depicts the relationship between political organizations and gang constituencies. Preface, abbreviations, 3 maps, 6 photos, epilogue, notes, bib, index, xvi, x214pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

This is a penetrating exploration of South Africa’s crime problem. Getting behind the statistics to offer a sober and sobering account of the scale of the problem and its evolution, it describes how government has sometimes sought to deal with the crisis and sometimes sought to deny its existence. The book ends with some suggestions of what needs to be done to deal with this scourge. Notes, 189pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

A research report which probes the scope of crimes and policing which relate to the transport industries in South Africa. The data it contains is of value from both a sociological perspective and a criminal justice one. Apps, tables, maps, figs, refs, colour photos, 275pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNISA PRESS.

Institute for Security Studies monograph number 114. Notes, 59pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

Criminologists, sociologists, researchers, investigators and prosecutors provide insights into or-ganised crime and efforts to defeat it. B/w ill, index, v, 202pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Explores and critiques law and law making in the nascent constitutional democracy, with a focus on the complex role of the executive, parliament, political parties, the media and civil society. Also examines the capacity and potential in the judiciary and the legal profession in promoting and protecting values and rights of equal-ity and non-discrimination. Notes, index, 359pp, SOUTH AFRICA. NEW AFRICA EDUCATION PUBLISHING, 1919876553

Jean and John Comaroff investigate why it is that crime statistics have become a pervasive public passion in the South African postcolony. They explore what exactly those crime statistics make real how they take on public life, by what means they convert the abstract into the intimate and tertiary knowledge into primary experience. Why is it that they have become deeply inscribed in narratives of personal being, so vital to the construction of moral publics, so integral to debates about the meaning of democracy, freedom and security? Conventionally framed as value-free information, these numbers appear to be taking on ever more political weight as the modernist state deregulates the functions of governance, as sovereignty is parsed and privatised, as control over the means of violence is rendered ambiguous, as a culture of popular punitiveness gains credence, as race is criminalized and crime racialised. 48pp, GERMANY. LIT VERLAG.

Unwraps one of the most sensational and controversial murder trials in South African legal history, that of Inge Lotz. This is the eye-witness account of the epic courtroom battle, with all the evidence and testimonies. It depicts a society whose justice system is stretched to breaking point. 320pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

Vivid study of the day-to-day experience of living in a working class neighbourhood on the Cape Flats. It deals with issues of criminality and the search for dignity in a harsh, economically depressed urban landscape. Gangs are the main focus of the study, but gang members are presented on a broader canvas as family members, neighbourhood friends, members of sports clubs, employees. Within this intensely claustrophobic world devout Christians and Muslims, drug dealers, cops, gangsters and welfare workers all rub shoulders. Index, bib, 212pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Argues that the exponential rise in highly-skilled and planned criminal activities in South Africa has been considerably exacerbated by the level of support cultivated by criminal networks among their communities through a combination of myth-making and financial incentives. While there may be some short-term benefit to these communities, in the long run the organised crime economy will undermine the formal economy and supplant traditional state roles and structures. Index, gloss, 240pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

2007 9781919969077 Paperback

Institute for Security Studies monograph number 123. Notes, 89pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

The Number Gangs in South Africa's prisons have created their own culture based on an idiosyncratic history and hierarchical structures that include invisible uniforms, laws and punishment rituals and a coded language that requires the indoctrinated to communicate through the use of metaphors and symbols. In prison the gang members dedicate their lives to a dangerous, fantastic mythology that condones the assertion of power through vicious acts of retribution. This book includes the history, language, rituals, secrets and myths of South Africa's prison gangs as well as a lexicon of their secretive 'sabela' dialect. 161pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IHILIHILI PRESS.

An examination the use vigilante and paramilitary groups in community policing and other agents of informal justice in Northern Ireland and South Africa. BNS, 224pp, UK. PALGRAVE, 0333972368

Third edition. The world has experienced traumatic events and witnessed dramatic changes since the appearance of the second edition of this book. The attack on the World Trade Centre in New York in 2001, followed by the United States intervention in Afghanistan, and the invasion of Iraq in 2003, have challenged the foundations of the international order. The establishment of the African Union and the creation of the International Criminal Court have added two important new institutions to international life. International law has addressed these developments by adjusting old and creating new rules. Less spectacularly, international law has undergone major changes in the fields of state responsibility, immunities, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. In South Africa, statutes and judicial decisions have emphasized the unity of international law and municipal law. The third edition of this book addresses these developments and integrates them into the body of established international law. 632pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JUTA LAW.

Significantly updated and expanded edition, with five new chapters: Taxation of individuals; Taxation of Companies and Dividends; Taxation of Partnerships; Cross-border VAT; and, Interpretation of Statutes. Provides a thorough understanding of international income tax from a South African perspective. Index, gloss, 872pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SIBERINK.

Retraces ten real-life tales of South African women driven to kill by passion and sometimes despair. Includes, for the first time, the full story of the tragic death of Oscar winner Charlize Theron’s father. 144pp, SOUTH AFRICA. TAFELBERG.

New in paperback. An historical analysis of the evolution of law and its effects in South Africa during the period 1650-2000, compared with a short study of Chile from 1830-1990, which shows how, and when, legal norms and institutions serve as historical causes to both liberal and illiberal rule. 406pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

In 1999 the author travelled to KwaZulu-Natal to investigate the murder of a white farmer. His investigation uncovered simmering violence and hatred which harks back over centuries and the realities of life in post-apartheid South Africa, beyond the optimism and the fanfare. 259pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

Institute for Security Studies monograph number 126. Study of crime prevention strategies in the South African social sector. Notes, 139pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

After successfully negotiating the political transition in South Africa, one of the greatest challenges facing the new democracy was the proliferation of firearms and the high levels of violent crime associated with this. Gun deaths and injuries rocketed out of control. This book tells the story of how Gun Free South Africa, a small NGO with few resources, mobilised to reduce the number of guns in circulation. Through innovative campaigning and media strategies it quickly became a household name, and the scourge of the pro-gun lobby. Index, bib, notes, 244pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Brothers in law Harry and Jack run a Johannesburg furniture business that is being robbed repeatedly. The investigation of the crime reveals that the perpetrators lie even closer than the proprietors expected explores how the social forces at work in South Africa today have made crime the country's biggest growth industry. Glossary, 264pp, USA. PICADOR USA.

Once a marginal political issue, crime control now occupies a central place on the social, political and economic agenda of contemporary liberal democracies. Nowhere more so than in post-apartheid South Africa, where the transition from apartheid rule to democratic rule was marked by a shift in concern from political to criminal violence. In this book Anne-Marie Singh offers a comprehensive account of policing transformations in post-apartheid South Africa. Her analysis of crime and mechanisms for its control is linked to an analysis of neo-liberal policies, providing the basis for a critique of existing analyses of liberal democratic governance. Themes addressed in the book include the exercise of coercive authority, state and non-state expertise in policing, the 'rationally-choosing' criminal, and the importance of developing an active and responsible citizenship. Bib, index, 146pp, UK. ASHGATE.

On 9 June 2003, a 43-year-old coloured man named Magadien Wentzel walked out of Pollsmoor Prison in Cape Town. Behind him lay a lifelong career in the 28s, South Africa’s oldest and most reviled prison gang, for decades rumoured to have specialised in robbery and rape. Author, Jonny Steinberg met Wentzel in prison in the dying months of 2002. By the time Wentzel was released, he and Steinberg had spent more than 50 hours discussing his life experiences. Bib, 440pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL

Since 1994, the number of sophisticated organised criminal groups has increased throughout South Africa and longstanding street gangs have become more ruthless, infiltrating the formal economy and corrupting the state in the process. This study examines the nature of organised crime on the Cape Flats area of Cape Town and argues that the prevailing conceptualisation of organised crime, originating from the United States, is based on misleading assumptions and is undermining policy formation. It is based on extensive fieldwork and a comprehensive review of the published material. Index, bib, 313pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

2006 9781920114091 Paperback

Institute for Security Studies monograph number 193. Notes, 110pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

A depiction of the fast growing South African drug culture tightly linked to the world of commercial sex and in conflict with a profoundly Christian population. Punchy in style and based on hundreds of interviews. 208pp, notes, bib, index, UK. ZED BOOKS.

This book explores people's right to find information, and examines laws and practices in South Africa, within an international perspective drawing on experience in India, Bulgaria, the UK and the USA. A free CD is included with the book. 157pp, SOUTH AFRICA. OPEN DEMOCRACY ADVICE CENTRE, 1919798420

The trial of Dr Wouter Basson, the head of apartheid South Africa's chemical and biological warfare (CBW) programme, generated intense interest both inside South Africa and in the wider world. Basson joined the Army after completing a doctorate in chemistry, and was rapidly promoted through the ranks. He travelled around the world as a spy, on both sides of the Iron Curtain, using fake identities - and often fake marriages - as a front. Back in South Africa, Basson headed Project Coast, the state's CBW programme, during which time he was allegedly involved in poisonings, developing drugs to placate the state's opponents, and simple, brutal murder. Basson was initially arrested for possessing Ecstasy tablets, and was then investigated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which led to a criminal trial. This book is written by a chief TRC investigator and a journalist who followed every day of the case. 304pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STRUIK.

2002 1868723410 Paperback

Includes chapters on the South African legal and institutional framework, management and oversight mechanisms, criminal justice and access to justice. Apps, tables, charts, 148pp, SOUTH AFRICA. OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

Covers the South African tax and exchange control provisions which apply to local and foreign trusts. In addition to normal discretionary trusts, the taxation of the following types of trusts is covered: business trusts; charitable trusts; BEE trusts; employee share scheme trusts; offshore trusts; special trusts; asset protection; will trusts. 450pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SIBERINK.

Argues that policing in public space is like theatre. Only here, the audience writes the script, and if the police don't perform the right lines, the spectators throw them off the stage. The rules South Africans have established for the policing of their communities are as old as urban South Africa itself, and while its police officers may wear the uniforms of 14-year-old police service, they are performing to a script written long before democracy came to the country. 183pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

Institute for Security Studies monograph number 115. Notes, app, 61pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES.

2005 NO ISBN Pamphlet

Through all the bitter decades of apartheid, the South African Police brutally invaded the everyday lives of ordinary citizens, displaying absolute contempt for human rights. In this book, a respected policing scholar traces the evolution of the specialised 'Public Order' police unit (formerly the Internal Stability Division and the Riot Unit) that was designed to spearhead the apartheid assault. She then takes us intimately and directly into the daily routines of the same unit in the astonishing years of South Africa's political rebirth. Her account becomes a mirror where we see policing in the (uneven) course of its transformation for the utterly different task of guarding and fostering a humane constitutional idealism in the new democracy. The question underlying this account is whether the police can really change. She examines the obstacles to police change and suggests ways of effecting change within police organisations. Index, bib, notes, 291pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

Violence often increases after the lifting of authoritarian control, or in the aftermath of regime change, but how can a fledgling democracy fight crime without violating the fragile rights of its citizens? This study critically examines South Africa's efforts to strike the perilous balance between democratic participation and social control and finds that while South Africa has made great progress in pursuing the Western ideals of participatory justice and due process, popular concerns about crime have fostered the growth of a punitive criminal justice system that undermines the country's rights-oriented political culture. Index, bib, notes, 382pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS.

HRW argues that rural protection needs a complete rethink, to provide a broader response to the security concerns of all those living in commercial farming areas. HRW called on the South African government to implement a range of measures to ensure that it lived up to its obligations under international law to provide equal protection to all its citizens. In particular, it urged that: The government must ensure that the criminal justice system responds effectively to any reported serious crime, without discrimination; only police should carry out policing duties, and not the army; both police and army should ensure proper disciplinary or prosecutorial action against those responsible for abuses; and private security, whether voluntary 'farmwatch' groups or private security companies, should be brought under more effective control. 242pp, USA. AFRICA WATCH/HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH, 1564322637

Since the late 1940s, a violent African criminal society known as the Marashea has operated in and around South Africa's gold mining areas. With thousands of members involved in drug smuggling, extortion, and kidnapping, the Marashea was more influential in the day-to-day lives of many black South Africans under apartheid than were agents of the state. These gangs remain active in South Africa. In the combination of coercive force and administrative weakness that characterized the apartheid state, as long as crime and violence were contained within black townships and did not threaten adjacent white areas, township residents were largely left to fend for themselves. The Marashea's ability to prosper during the apartheid era and its involvement in political conflict led directly to the violent crime epidemic that today plagues South Africa. Index, bib, 200pp, USA. OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS. 0821416162

A study of capital punishment in South Africa focusing on acts of mercy rather than miscarriages of justice. BNS, USA. GREENWOOD PUBLISHING GROUP.

During the early 1990s, Wolfe ran a fantastically profitable 'boiler room' operation from a quiet seaside location in the Eastern Cape, convincing ordinary people to part with their life savings in exchange for 'a piece of the action' - gold and precious metals futures, shares in a nonexistent bank in Austria and other scams. Always one step ahead of the law, sustained by adrenalin and pure chutzpah, Wolfe was wildly successful. He and his associates enjoyed all the trappings of the five-star life: luxury Sandton homes, private aircraft, game farms and a steady supply of cocaine and beautiful blondes - until the authorities eventually closed in. 232pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

Nine essays discussing the problem of witchcraft in South Africa and the destabilising of the state's administration of justice. Since the establishment of the South African Witchcraft Suppression Act, there has been an increase in witchcraft violence and mistrust between the police and South Africans. The contributors discuss psychological and cultural issues, the need for new legislation and the Ralushai Commission Report. Includes an essay by Credo Mutwa. Index, notes, refs, 175pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PROTEA BOOK HOUSE.