Prof J van Graan

Qualifications

• D Litt et Phil: Police Science (UNISA)
• MTech: policing (UNISA)
• BTech: Policing (Technikon South Africa)
• ND: Policing (Technikon South Africa)

Currently teaching

• OVM1501
• FOR5905
• FOR3705
• Supervision of Masters and Doctoral students

Fields of academic interests

• Crime reduction and prevention
• Community policing
• Intelligence-led policing

Field of Specialisation

• Forensic Investigations

Books

• Van Graan, J. & Budhram, T. 2015. Principles of investigation. In Zinn, R.J and Dintwe, S.I. (Eds). Forensic Investigation: Legislative Practice and Scientific Principles, Juta: Cape Town. (ISBN: 9780702186479). • Van Graan, J. 2017. Multi-sector cooperation in preventing crime: The case of a South African Neighbourhood Watch as an effective crime prevention model. In Das, D.K. & Peterson, D.S (Eds). Global perspectives on crime prevention and community resilience. New York: Routledge. • Van Graan, J. 2019. Theory of Policing Practice. Pearson: Cape Town. (ISBN: 9781485710158). • Van Graan, J. 2021. Perspectives on the violent nature of crime victimisation in South Africa. In Chan, H.C.O. & Adjorlolo, S. (Eds). Crime, mental health and the criminal justice system in Africa. Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. • Van Graan, J., Van der Merwe, J & Berning, J. 2023. Fundamental policing principles in an African context. In Smit, J., Alemika, E.E.O., Botha, C., Ngantweni, G.X. & van Mollendorf, G. (Eds.). Policing in Africa: Towards an African epistemology. Juta: Cape Town.

Journal articles

• Van Graan, J. & H.F. Snyman. 2011. The value of impact evaluation of public service transformation: Lessons learnt from a South African Police Service specialised unit. Southern African Journal of Public Management, (46)(4): 1309-1322. • Meyer, M. & Van Graan, J. 2012. Effective Community Policing in Practice: The Roodekrans Neighbourhood Watch Case Study, West Rand. Southern African Journal of Criminology- Acta Criminologica, (24)(2): 130-143. • Van Graan, J. 2012. An Impact Evaluation of the SAPS Restructuring: The Case of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit in the West Rand. Southern African Journal of Criminology- Acta Criminologica, (25)(1): 97-113. • Van Graan, J. 2012. The quality of service of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit of the South African Police Service, post 2010. Child Abuse Research in South Africa (CARSA), (13)(2): 35-44. • Van Graan, J. & Ukpere, W.I. 2012. The role of impact evaluation on service delivery within the public sector organizations. African Journal of Business Management, (6)(39): 10458-10463. • Van Graan, J. & Ukpere, W.I. 2012. An Inclusive Approach to Structural Transformation in organisational restructuring. African Journal of Business Management, (6)(50): 11916-11922. • Van der Watt, M. & Van Graan, J. 2013. Towards the demystification of gang rape: An investigative analysis of a sample of closed and unsolved gang rape cases in Port Elizabeth. Southern African Journal of Criminology- Acta Criminologica, (26)(1). • Van der Watt, M., Van Graan, J. & Labuschagne, G. 2014. Modus operandi, signature and fantasy as distinctive behaviour: Fundamental considerations in the case linkage of child rape cases. Child Abuse Research in South Africa (CARSA), (15)(1): 61-72. • Van Graan, J. & Van der Watt, M. 2014. Case docket analysis: An effective crime information product for criminal investigators, crime analysts and crime researchers. Southern African Journal of Criminology- Acta Criminologica, (27)(1): 144-159. • Van Graan, J. & Zinn, R. 2015. Child care institutions as a source of crime intelligence in combatting child sexual crimes. Child Abuse Research in South Africa, (16)(1): 40-54. • Van Graan, J. & Ukpere, W.I. 2015. Restructuring police organizations: the significance of global experiences for the South African Police Service. Problems and Perspectives in Management, (13)(2): 460-469. • Van Graan, J. 2016. Multi-sector cooperation in preventing crime: the case of a South African Neighbourhood Watch as an effective crime prevention model. Police Practice & Research: An International Journal, (17)(2): 136-148. • Goss, P & Van Graan, J. 2019. The strategic role of the business sector in combating corruption. LitNet Akademies, 16 (3). • Senekal, A & Van Graan, J. 2021. Managing repeat offender information in South Africa: The need for a motor vehicle crime information management strategy. European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, 5(3). • Goss, P & Van Graan, J. 2021. Evaluating anti-corruption solutions and corporate governance in business: A South African case study. European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, 5(3). • Van Graan, J. (2021). A case study of non-violent property crime victimisation in a South African urban residential neighbourhood: Exploring the excessive use of force and destruction caused by burglars to gain entry to victims’ properties. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 10, 992-1005. • Smit, C & Van Graan, J. 2020. Corruption in the South African public service: Is the Anti-Corruption Task Team’s multidisciplinary approach to investigating corruption allegedly committed by South African public service officials effective? LitNet Akademies, 17 (3). • Van der Merwe, J & Van Graan, J. 2020. The evaluation of organisational culture and leadership as building blocks of strategic management with a view to optimising service delivery in the South African Police Service. LitNet Akademies, 17 (1). • Senekal, A & Van Graan, J. 2021. Managing repeat offender information in South Africa: The need for a motor vehicle crime information management strategy. European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, 5(3). • Goss, P & Van Graan, J. 2021. Evaluating anti-corruption solutions and corporate governance in business: A South African case study. European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, 5(3). • Van Graan, J. 2021. A case study of non-violent property crime victimisation in a South African urban residential neighbourhood: Exploring the excessive use of force and destruction caused by burglars to gain entry to victims’ properties. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 10, 992-1005. • Mabunda, D.Q & Van Graan, J. 2022. Injury, violence and crime prevention at cultural male initiation schools in Giyani and Malamulele in Limpopo Province, South Africa. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Member of the Criminological and Victimological Association of Southern Africa (CRIMSA).

Other

Johan was a member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) for sixteen years where he served in the Provincial Protection Service (VIP Unit) and Crime Intelligence Unit before joining the academia. He resigned from the police as a Warrant Officer with a collection of commendations for his involvement in the covert investigation of various high profile national and international crime investigations. His courses successfully completed include, among other, specialised and unconventional methods and techniques in the gathering of covert crime intelligence.

His current research interests is in the dynamic fields of the prevention and investigation of crime and community policing is also being realised in his continues research and publication on these topics.