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No Service Without Force? Shifts in Policing Discourse: Implication For Oversight, Integrity and Human Rights

June 30, 2009

The following seminar report may be of specific interests to students studying towards the Bachelor Policing Practices Programme. The panelists analyse the current policing environment and seek to answer the question: Is it the end of the ’soft’ approach to crime? Seminar Report compiled by Thokozile Mtsolongo, Research Intern, Crime, Justice and Politics Programme, Institute [...]

Serial Killers

June 25, 2009

Serial killers are people who kill, and kill again. They have been the source of fascination ever since Jack the Ripper has stalked the foggy streets of London more than 100 years ago. Serial killers’ acts of murder are usually combined with cannibalism, mutilation, rape and necrophilia. This post is the last in the section on the debate on serial killers hosted by Southern Business School. Kotie Geldenhuys summarises the key aspects of the speakers in this fascinating insight into the mind of the serial killer.

The Nature of The Beast by Dr Irma Labuschagne

April 25, 2009

The following is an extract from the proceedings of a debate on serial killings and serial killers that was recently hosted by Southern Business School. The proceedings would be of specific interest to students who are currently studying towards the Bachelor: Policing Practices, or for that matter anyone who is interested in the psyche of [...]

Pistorius’ Theory on the Origin of Serial Killers Part II: Psycho-sexual Developmental Phases

April 23, 2009

The following is an extract from the proceedings of a debate on serial killings and serial killers that was recently hosted by Southern Business School. The proceedings would be of specific interest to students who are currently studying towards the Bachelor: Policing Practices, or for that matter anyone who is interested in the psyche of [...]

Workshop with the SAPS about the BPP

March 14, 2009

Southern Business School and senior members of the SAPS met in a workshop on 11 and 12 March to discuss the possibilities regarding bilateral recognition between the Bachelor: Policing Practices (BPP) degree and a number of internal programmes offered by the SAPS. The two-day workshop was very constructive and consisted mainly of discussions focusing on [...]

Debate on Serial Killings/Killers

March 1, 2009

On 17 February 2009 Southern Business School held a debate on serial killings and serial killers at Monash University South Africa. Speakers for the day included Dr Micki Pistorius, world renown criminal profiler and well known South African detective, Director Piet Byleveldt. The debate was attended by academics and professionals in the field. The aim [...]