Citation

Prinsloo M. Inj. Saf. Mon. 2004; 3(2): 5-8.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Medical Research Council of South Africa)

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Abstract

The South African Police Service has achieved many successes during the years of transformation since 1994. Yet the results and ensuing recommendations of this study show that there are various challenges that remain to be addressed. A possible limitation or criticism of this study could be that the results cannot be generalised to the entire SAPS. However, blockages within the South African criminal justice system have been identified as far back as 1996 (Schönteich, 2002b), again in 2000 and 2004 following two studies on intimate femicide (Vetten, 2003; Mathews et al, 2004). It was also identified in a 2001 study to assess the accountability of Gauteng detectives (Khumalo, 2001), in a 2003 pilot study to determine the victim-perpetrator relationships and motives for homicide (Prinsloo, 2003) and again by this study. The question therefore remains as to how many studies still need to be conducted before these issues are addressed.