Table of contents : Contents Preface About the authors Section A: An introduction to criminology in South Africa Chapter 1: Crime and criminology Chapter 2: Elementary research methodology in criminology Chapter 3: The South African criminal justice system (CJS) Chapter 4: Measuring the levels of crime Chapter 5: Criminological theories Chapter 6: An overview of factors that contribute to crime in South Africa Section B: An overview of the most common crimes in South Africa Chapter 7: Crimes of a violent nature Chapter 8: Sexual crimes Chapter 9: Economically motivated crimes: an overview Chapter 10: Female crime Chapter 11: Crimes of a political nature Chapter 12: Consensual and morality transgressions Section C: Criminology in practice and recent developments Chapter 13: Crime control and prevention Chapter 14: Crime mapping Chapter 15: Forensic criminology in South Africa Chapter 16: The coordinating nature of forensic criminalistics Chapter 17: Towards an African criminology Index