Preface
About the authors
Section A
An introduction to criminology in South Africa
Chapter 1 Crime and criminology
Chapter 2 Elementary research methodology in criminology
Chapter 3 The South African criminal justice system
Chapter 4 Measuring the levels of crime
Chapter 5 Criminological theories
Chapter 6 An overview of factors that contribute to crime in South Africa
Section B
An overview of the most common crimes in South Africa
Chapter 7 Crimes of a violent nature
Chapter 8 Sexual crimes
Chapter 9 Economically motivated crimes: an overview
Chapter 10 Female crime
Chapter 11 Political crime
Chapter 12 Consensual and morality transgressions
Section C
Criminology in practice and recent developments
Chapter 13 Crime control and prevention
Chapter 14 Crime mapping
Chapter 15 Forensic criminology in South Africa
Chapter 16 The coordinating nature of forensic criminalistics
Chapter 17 Towards an African criminology
Index