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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
A Population, Ethnic and demographic characteristic 4
B Economy and poverty alleviation 4
C South African Government and Legal system 4
D South African Law Enforcement Agencies 4
E South Africa’s response to crime: Organised Crime 4
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International Instruments
A Organised Crime Instruments signed, ratified or acceded to by South Africa 7
B Terrorism Instruments signed, ratified or acceded to by South Africa 7
Children, Youth and Crime
A Introduction 10
B Developments 10
C Oversight and monitoring bodies 11
D Treatment of children and youth offenders 11
E Policy development process 11
F Sexual offences amongst children and youth 11
G Inter-sectoral collaboration 11
Provision of technical assistance to facilitate ratification and implementation of
international instruments on the prevention and suppression of terrorism
A Introduction 12
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Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorist and Related Activities (Act No. 33 of
2004) and other legislation to address terrorism
C Complementary legislation 13
D Assessments of South Africa’s capacity to deal with terrorism 13
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V. Making the United Nations guidelines on crime prevention work
A Introduction 14
B Emerging trends in crime prevention 14
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Measures to integrate crime prevention strategies into economic, political and social
development
Measures to strengthen the role of crime prevention within the rule of law at local, national,
regional and international levels
E Progress made by member states in applying the guidelines for crime prevention 15
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Good practices in the development and implementation of crime prevention programmes at
local, national, regional and international level
Main obstacles in the development and implementation of programmes for crime prevention at
central and local level
Training of criminal justice professionals and community personnel to enhance the effectiveness
of crime prevention strategies
Steps taken to enhance the dissemination of relevant crime prevention knowledge to local
authorities and national governments
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1 Country Report