Abstract
'House robbery' is the term formulated by the South African Police Service (SAPS) to describe a robbery where the perpetrators overpower, detain and rob the residents (occupants) of a residential premise inside their residence. There is evidence that the police have not been successful in preventing or investigating this kind of crime. Part of the problem appears to be that the police do not have sufficient crime intelligence about house robbers. This article focuses on the value of incarcerated offenders of house robberies as an additional source of crime intelligence to the police on the basis of research conducted by the author in Gauteng in 2007.
Highlights
Inside informationSourcing crime intelligence from incarcerated house robbers 'House robbery' is the term formulated by the South African Police Service (SAPS) to describe a robbery where the perpetrators overpower, detain and rob the residents (occupants) of a residential premise inside their residence.[1]
It is evident that the South African Police Service (SAPS) experiences difficulties in combating house robberies and other violent crimes in South Africa
This article draws on a research project conducted in Gauteng with the aim of evaluating the value of crime information obtained from prison inmates incarcerated for house robbery
Summary
Sourcing crime intelligence from incarcerated house robbers 'House robbery' is the term formulated by the South African Police Service (SAPS) to describe a robbery where the perpetrators overpower, detain and rob the residents (occupants) of a residential premise inside their residence.[1]. It is evident that the SAPS experiences difficulties in combating house robberies and other violent crimes in South Africa. This contention is supported by the police's annual report on crime released in 2009: The trio crimes (house robbery, carjacking, business robbery), increased by 22,6% in 2008/2009, despite the special emphasis on these crimes and various efforts to contain the latter.[3]. The SAPS's inability to effectively combat house robberies in South Africa appears to be linked to the police's largely reactive style of policing and the fact that they do not make use of crime intelligence to inform a defined and effective intelligence-led policing approach.[4]
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