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    • Assessing the impact: Mandatory and minimum sentences in South Africa 

      Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Ehlers, Louise (Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2005)
      The legislation passed in 1997 that provides for mandatory minimum sentences for serious crimes was recently extended for another two years. At the time, the aim was to reduce serious and violent crime, achieve consistency ...
    • Lessons from the past: Remand detention and pre-trial services 

      Ballard, Clare (Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2013)
      A 1997 project established by the Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based non-government organisation, aimed to alleviate overcrowding in South African prisons by assisting magistrates in bail proceedings and thereby ...