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CURRENTLY, A SERIOUS CRIME is committed every 17 seconds in South Africa, a murder every half an hour, a housebreaking every two minutes, and an assault every three minutes. At present only 77 people are arrested for every 1 000 crimes committed. A mere 22% of reported crimes are ever prosecuted. Our prisons cannot even cope with those who are convicted. With more than 4 in every 1 000 citizens in jail, South Africa qualifies as one of the nations with the highest proportion of people in jail.
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© 1998 Anthony Ginsberg
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Ginsberg, A. (1998). Crime is Out of Control. In: South Africa’s Future. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230373433_3
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