Department of Criminology and Security Science

Prof MW Buthelezi

College of Law
School of Criminal Justice
Department: Criminology and Security Science
Associate Professor
Tel: 012 429 2161
E-mail: buthemw@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD

Currently teaching

  • SEP4802: Research Report in Security Science
  • SEP4805: Advanced Corporate Investigations IV 

Fields of academic interests

  • Crime Prevention
  • Crime Intelligence
  • Security
  • Policing
  • Community Policing
  • Role of politics in policing

Field of Specialisation

  • Community Safety

Books

  • Implementation of Community Safety Forums in South Africa: Facts and Findings

Journal articles

  • Safety of public hospitals in South Africa: An examination of safety and security measures in five public hospitals in Gauteng, South Africa. Security Science Journal Vol 3(2) 2022, 7-27.
  • The Role of Traditional Leadership in Crime Prevention in Northern KwaZulu-Natal. JUST AFRICA: ALL-AFRICA Journal of Criminal Justice VOL.6(1)2021, 37-44.
  • The state of implementation of crime prevention coordination structures (Community Safety Forums) by municipalities in South Africa. JUST AFRICA: ALL-AFRICA Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 5(2)2020, 41-50.
  • Sector policing as a vehicle to deliver police-community relations in KwaZulu-Natal: Paulpietersburg and Ulundi police stations. Acta Criminologica 31(1)2018. 
  • Crime prevention at a municipal level in South Africa: A solution to crime prevention or a crime prevention leadership crisis. Acta Criminologica Vol. 30(5) 2017, 68-80.

Paper presentations

  • Exploring the effect of Implementing Community Safety Forums policy on crime prevention in the provinces of Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal. Paper presented in 8th ICSS International Conference in August 2017.
  • Sector Policing as a Strategy to Re-enforce Partnership Policing: Cases from KZN. Paper presented at CRIMSA Conference in 2011.

Projects

  • An evaluation of the pluralisation of street policing in South Africa