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Post-doctoral fellowship opportunity: UKRI GCRF Water and Fire.
The interdisciplinary research institute at UCT, Future Water (FW), in partnership with SaVI is looking for a dynamic and motivated postdoctoral research fellow to join a diverse multi-disciplinary team.
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Do joint police-military crackdown operations actually reduce violent crime?
Dr Guy Lamb, Director of SaVI, writes that any crime reduction effects from the current crackdown operation in Cape Town are likely to be short-lived, unless a holistic and realistic plan to reduce crime and violence is devised.
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2018/19 State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report
SaVI, along with the Urban Safety Reference group, have released the 2018/19 State of Urban Safety in South Africa Report. This edition of the report continues to build an evidence base (aggregated to city level) that may inform policy and practice...
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SAPS stuck in vicious cycle of crackdown policing
SaVI Director, Dr Guy Lamb, discusses the recent iteration of militarised policing in South Africa, which can often be effective, but is neither a long-term nor sustainable crime prevention measure.
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SaferSpaces
SaVI, in partnership with the Civilian Secretariat for Police Services, hosts SaferSpaces. It is an online knowledge sharing and networking portal focusing on community safety as well as violence and crime prevention.
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News

Friday, 29 May 2020
Randomised household surveys: challenges and considerations

This June (2018) issue of Crime Quarterly features an on the record discussion with SaVI Director Dr Guy Lamb and SaVI researcher Ncedo Mngqibisa regarding the in-the-field realities of doing a randomised household survey.

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Publication Date:
Wed, 04 Jul 2018 - 13:30
Moving from toxic to positive masculinity

SaVI researcher, Lauren October, discusses the causes of toxic masculinity, how it impacts society and individual behaviour, and how to get rid of it. Moving from toxic to positive masculinity.

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Publication Date:
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 - 11:00
SAPS stuck in vicious cycle of crackdown policing

SaVI Director, Dr Guy Lamb, discusses the recent iteration of militarised policing in South Africa, which can often be effective, but is neither a long-term nor sustainable crime prevention measure.

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Publication Date:
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 - 10:45
Podcast on recent taxi violence

SaVI researcher Ncedo Mngqibisa discusses the causes, effects and hidden depths of the recent taxi violence on the John Maytham Show. Listen here:

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Publication Date:
Thu, 31 May 2018 - 16:30

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