Crime is a noticeable issue in South Africa. South Africa has a shocking high rate of murders, assaults, rapes (adult, child and infant), and many other crimes associated to other countries. Most of the emigrants from South Africa state that crime was a big and major factor in their choice to leave the country. The South Africa Police Services is responsible for managing 1115 police stations across each and every province around South Africa but each and every day we wake up and hear different cases concerning crime in these different provinces in our country. This means, we might be having a plenty of these Police services all across the nation but are they really doing their best to fight this crime? If they are surely fighting crime, then why do we still have to hear about such cruel crime cases on a daily bases every time we listen to our radios, watch televisions or read newspapers and is our government responding to these kinds of cases and how?
Causes of crime in South Africa
In February 2007, the centre for the study of Violence and Reconciliation was contracted by the South Africa government to carry out a study on the nature of crime in South Africa. The study concluded that the country is exposed to high levels of violence as a result of different factors including:
Ø The standardization of violence. On many people, Violence comes to be seen as a necessary and acceptable means of resolving many of conflicts and most males believes that coercive sexual behaviour against women is legitimate and therefore they have a right to do it.
Ø The vulnerability of young people related to insufficient child rearing and poor youth socialisation. As a result of poverty, unbalanced living arrangements and being brought up with inconsistent and hard-hearted parenting, some South African children are exposed to risk factors which enhance the chances that they will become involved in criminality and violence.
Ø The high levels of inequality, poverty, unemployment, social exclusion and marginalisation are also seen as another cause of crime in South Africa.
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ReplyDeletemost people are not patient. they want things now! and not later. until we move away from that crime will not stop.
DeleteCrime is big issue in our country as communities we have to work together to fight and eliminate crime.This is my opinion i think your blog is a bit to long.The pictures are nice and they corresponde with your article.
ReplyDeleteSouth africa is still being ranked the second highest Country when it comes to crime.......Most people still have that mentality to work in order for them to have money,forgeting that it is better to think how to make money compared to work for someone. So crime wont stop until these fewer people adapt to the new way of thinking and stop being stereotyped.
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