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Research outputs: LAW AND JUSTICE
2014 What price fairness when security is at stake?: police legitimacy in South Africa
The legitimacy of legal authorities particularly the police is central to the state's ability to function in a normatively justifiable and e...
2013 The South African Social Attitudes Survey: trust in the criminal justice system in South Africa: tabulation report based on the 2012 round of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)
This report is one of the outputs associated with a Open Society Foundation South Africa (OSF-SA) sponsored study entitled 'An Investigatio...
2013 In the court of public opinion: attitudes towards the criminal courts
After two decades of democracy, do South Africans have confidence in our criminal courts? The courts require public support and institutiona...
2013 An investigation into South African citizens' trust in the criminal justice system: final progress report
This mixed, quantitative-qualitative study aimed to provide baseline information on South African citizens' levels of confidence in the crim...
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