The conference brings together police, researchers, practitioners and policymakers to strengthen partnerships and exchange ideas and new research to improve safety in South Africa. Presentations will cover a range of topics, including:
- Understanding violent crime in South Africa
- Enhancing collaboration
- Government crime priorities
- Police killings of civilians
- Technology and innovation
- Policing in rural areas
- Cash-in-transit robbery
- South Africa’s first multi-site evidence-based policing (quasi-) experiment
About the South African Evidence-based Policing Working Group: The South African Evidence-Based Policing Working Group is a network of researchers, practitioners and policymakers in policing, crime, public and community safety, violence prevention and related areas. We are committed to generating and using evidence-based principles and frameworks to improve policing and safety in South Africa.
