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Crime in South Africa : a country and cities profile
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Criminal CodeSouth African HistoryIntroduction LevelsCrime AnalysisLawCriminal LawSocial SciencesAfrican American StudiesSouth AfricaAfrican DevelopmentPublic PolicyEconomic CriminologyViolent CrimeComparative CriminologyCriminal JusticeCrime ScienceInternational CriminologySociologyAfrican Criminal Justice
INTRODUCTION Levels of recorded crime in South Africa began to increase in the mid-1980s — dramatically so in the early 1990s. Expectations that violent crime would decrease after 1994 have not materialised. While levels of recorded crime stabilised between 1995 and 1996, crime has been increasing since then. The annual increase in the overall number of recorded crimes was greater in 1999 than in any previous year after 1994. Violent crimes increased at a greater rate than the total over this period. According to the latest available statistics at the time of writing, levels of recorded crime continued to increase during much of the first half of 2000.