Abstract
As yet largely unrecognised by South African criminal justice policy makers, HIV/AIDS could significantly impact on the country’s criminal justice system agencies, especially the police. South Africa’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is likely to result in a change in the demand for the quantity and complexity of services required of the South African Police Service. Simultaneously, the capacity of the police to deliver an adequate service will be undermined as an increasing number of police officers succumb to the epidemic.
Highlights
One of the consequences of AIDS for South Africa will be an increase in the proportion of adolescents and young adults relative to the general population
The ‘demand side’ problems of the South African Police Service (SAPS), having to deal with higher and new forms of crime, will be compounded on the ‘supply side’ as the ability of the police to provide an effective service is undermined by HIV/AIDS
Africa is an increase in the proportion of structure, with every incident having a clear line of adolescents and young adults to the general responsibility associated with it, is blurred in the population
Summary
It is expected that HIV prevalence will peak at 3.2% (in 2011) for whites, at 4.8% (2010) for Asians, at 6% (2010) for coloureds and at 19.5% (2006) for blacks.[5] It is informative to break down the functional police personnel within the SAPS by race so as to permit a more accurate estimate of the likely prevalence rate within the organisation. Among commissioned officers the proportions were as follows: white (48%), black (38%), coloured (8%) and Indian (6%) Compared to their proportion of the general population, whites and to a lesser extent Indians are over-represented in the SAPS. This could imply that average prevalence levels in the police are somewhat below the national average – especially among commissioned officers, of which 54% are white or Indian (Figure 2)
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