Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
Gould, Chandré, Johan Burger and Gareth Newham. 2012 ‘Violent Crime.’ South African Police Service Crime Statistics; SA Crime Quarterly 42, p. 4. Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies. 3 December
Relevant contents
Violent Crime…
The murder rate remains high with 30,9 South Africans in every 100 000 the victims of homicide, despite a 54% decrease in the number of murders since 1994…
In the 2011/12 financial year the police recorded a total of 15 609 murders…
Source cited:
SAPS, Crime statistics overview 2011/12, The South African Police Service, Department of Police presentation, available at
http://www.saps.gov.za/ statistics/reports/crimestats/2012/crime_stats.htm (accessed 10 October 2012).
Last accessed at:
http://www.issafrica.org/uploads/1CrimeStats.pdf