The Implementation of Community Safety Forums in South Africa presents research findings on the status of implementing this government policy aimed at consolidating and coordinating crime prevention projects at a local level of governance.
CSFs aim to provide community safety and prevent crime at the level at which it occurs. The book cuts across different academic fields: public administration and management (policy implementation), local governance (the role of municipalities in community safety) and criminal justice (crime prevention).
It provides the research methodology applicable to the public sector that aided data gathering and its interpretation to reach academic conclusions and recommendations the government can use; not only in implementing CSFs, but also implementing public policies in general.
The Implementation of Community Safety Forums in South Africa provides a case study to modules in its identified fields of study and can assist students to understand and apply the methodology in the public sector. It can also assist public administration and management and CJS departments improve policy implementation to ensure government provides services to communities. The book is also a useful comparison for CSF implementation globally.
About the Author
Prof MW Buthelezi is currently an Associate Professor at the University of South Africa (Unisa) in the College of Law, Department of Criminology and Security Science. He holds the following qualifications:
•Doctoral Degree: Policing
•Magister: Public Management
•Magister: Governance and Political Transformation
•B.Tech: Policing)
•Bachelor of Biblical Theology
•National Diploma: Policing
•Certificate in Conducting Research
•Certificate in Work-study.
He worked as senior lecturer at the University of Zululand, lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology, researcher at the South African Parliament and Lieutenant-Colonel in the South African Police Services. He has attended and presented papers at various conferences and published a number of research articles.
