
South African Journal of Criminal Justice
SV Hoctor (Editor-in-chief); SS Terblanche; GP Kemp; R Kuhn
ISSN: 1011-8527
Year: 1987 – Current
Published: Tri-annually
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About this publication
This bilingual publication (English and Afrikaans) provides an arena for discussion of issues affecting the criminal justice system. It is an accredited, specialist legal journal publishing articles, comments, surveys of recent cases and book reviews in the field of criminal justice, with a particular emphasis on Southern Africa. The focus of the journal is criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, international criminal law and criminology.
VOLUMES AND ISSUES
Volume / Issue
Volume 37 Issue 3, 2024
ARTICLES
The ambit and purpose of the crime of public violence
Author: Shannon Hoctor
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 289-312 (2024 I3)
Forged in secrecy, sealed in blood: The origin, initiation, symbolism, hierarchy and power dynamics within devil-worshipping gangs in the Free State province
Authors: Ashwill Phillips & M Cronje
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 313-339 (2024 I3)
A criminological exploration of the involvement of perpetrators in mob justice-related incidents in South Africa
Authors: L Mpuru & BW Häefele
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 340-362 (2024 I3)
An analysis of the offences relating to malicious communications and associated court orders under the Cybercrimes Act 19 of 2020
Author: Delano van der Linde
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 363-394 (2024 I3)
Mediation and the criminal justice system: Can the two be married?
Author: Monique Carels
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 395-418 (2024 I3)
RECENT CASES
Criminal Procedure
Author: Murdoch Watney
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 419-433 (2024 I3)
Law of Evidence
Author: Tshepo Bogosi Mosaka
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 434-440 (2024 I3)
Sentencing
Author: Stephan Terblanche
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 441-458(2024 I3)
BOOK REVIEW
Rethinking informers in transitional justice in liberal times: A review of Informers Up Close: Stories from Communist Prague by Mark A. Drumbl and Barbora Holá
Author: Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala
Source: South African Journal of Criminal Justice, pp 459-462 (2024 I3)