Webinar on What is the data telling us about crime? [15 August 2023]
- https://dullahomarinstitute.org.za/events/webinar-on-what-is-the-data-telling-us-about-crime-15-august-2023
- Webinar on What is the data telling us about crime? [15 August 2023]
- 2023-08-15T10:00:00+02:00
- 2023-08-15T11:30:00+02:00
- Ahead of the scheduled release by the South African Police Service (SAPS) of the latest Quarterly Crime data, Dr Jean Redpath takes a look at what we can learn from previous quarterly and annual data about the drivers of violent crime in South Africa, primarily through the indicator of murder.
- What DOI Event
- When 15 Aug, 2023 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (Africa/Johannesburg / UTC200)
- Where Zoom
- Contact Name Crystal Nitsckie
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She will look at what the data suggests about demographic profiles and crime, the interaction of unemployment and crime, and the short and long-term impact of intermittent restrictions on alcohol during lockdown. More recently, whether there is any suggestion in the data of an observable impact of load-shedding, of changes in allocations to police stations, and of increases in deployment of the Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) in the Western Cape.
Facilitator: Prof Lukas Muntingh (ACJR)
Speaker: Dr Jean Redpath
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Following registration, participants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
ACJR wishes to acknowledge the Open Society Foundations and the Sigrid Rausing Trust for making this webinar possible.