Safety and Peace Promotion Research Unit
Crime, Violence and Injury Prevention Review
Crime, Violence and Injury Prevention in South Africa is a biennial publication similar in format to other reviews in the social and health sector. The Review seeks to provide a comprehensive, regular analysis of the crime, violence and injury sector that includes an analysis of the key developments and advancements, as well as the major emerging priorities in the sector.
The Review is an indication of a growing recognition of injury as a public health concern and as such is intended as a resource for local government, non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations, researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders dedicated to strategically translating empirically produced data into concrete injury prevention policies and practices, and strengthening existing safety promotion responses.
Accordingly, the First Review is intended to inform the social and scientific responses to the containment and prevention of injuries, and calls for greater coordination and thoughtful approaches to planning, implementation and evaluation.
First Review
In the second edition of Crime, Violence and Injury Prevention in South Africa, we build on the formative work of the last decade and drawing inspiration from the 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, which was hosted for the first time on the African continent in Durban in April 2006, we embraced the theme of 'Data to Action'.
The aim was to expand existing knowledge to assist the sector in further developing strategies in three major areas: childhood injury; crime and violence; and traffic injuries.
The chapters contained in the second review challenge preventionists to capitalise on the emergent responsive political climate and growing appreciation for the nascent research driven efforts to develop good practices with limited financial and skilled human resources.
The second review also highlights the need for strengthening existing national programmatic plans, intersectoral and multidisciplinary collaboration, technical co-operation and governmental-civil society partnerships, all of which remain key for the long-term development of the injury and violence prevention sector in Africa.
Second Review
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