Criminalisation of damage to property by South African common-law crimes

The liability of police for failing to prevent crimes in English and South African law

The claimant, Mr Smith, had broken off his relationship with his partner, Mr Jeffrey, in December 2000 and moved out of their shared home. During the course of the break-up Jeffrey had assaulted Smith, and was arrested and detained overnight. Subsequently Smith moved away to Brighton. Although Jeffrey wanted to resume the relationship, Smith did not. In January 2003 Jeffrey began sending Smith ...

Juvenile Victims of Property Crimes

Part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Crimes Against Children Series, this Bulletin describes juveniles’ risks for property victimization and the nature of such crimes. Unfortunately, property crimes against juveniles are seldom reported to the police. In fact, a larceny or theft perpetrated against a juvenile is three times less likely to be reported than one for ...

Roman-Dutch law in modern South African succession law

African Jurisprudence: The Law as a Complement to Public Morality

Every society is governed by certain rules (the law), customs, norms and values; and these are intricately crucial to the maintenance of public morality. Invariably, there is a public morality which provides the cement of any human society; the law, especially the criminal law, must regard it as a primary function to reflect and maintain this public morality. Criminal Codes lay down various off...

Malicious Damage to Property Offences in New South Wales

In the 24 months to December 2005 recorded incidents of malicious damage to property increased by eight per cent in NSW. This bulletin provides information about the nature of malicious damage to property incidents through a detailed analysis of police database records and narratives of incidents occurring in 2005. These data reveal that the most frequent targets of malicious damage are private...