CURRICULUM
VITAE
Julie Berg
PERSONAL DETAILS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Full name:
Juliet Mary Berg
Date of birth:
20 October 1976
Nationality:
South African
Languages:
English and Afrikaans
Work contact:
Centre of Criminology
University of Cape Town
Private Bag X3
Rondebosch, 7701,
Cape Town, South Africa
Office: +27 (0)21 650 5624
Fax: +27 (0)21 650 3790
E-mail: Julie.Berg@uct.ac.za
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
PhD (Criminology), University of Cape Town, 2015
M.Soc.Sci. (Criminology), University of Cape Town, 2000 (cum
laude)
B.Soc.Sci. Hons. (Criminology), University of Cape Town, 1998
B.Soc.Sci. (Philosophy), University of Cape Town, 1997
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
Senior Lecturer 2010 – current
Permanent, full-time appointment
Centre of Criminology, Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town
Lecturer 2007 – 2009
Permanent, full-time appointment
Centre of Criminology, Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town
Researcher 2002-2007
Contract-based, full-time appointment
Institute of Criminology, University of Cape Town
Lecturer 2004
Contract-based, part-time appointment
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Tshwane University of Technology, Bellville Campus, Cape Town
Lecturer 2002
Contract-based, part-time appointment
Varsity College, Rondebosch, Cape Town
Research Assistant 1999-2000
Contract-based, part-time appointment, Institute of Criminology, University of Cape
Town
Chair, Faculty Research Ethics Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2015 –
Director, Centre of Criminology, Law Faculty, UCT, 2014
Chair, IT Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2014 –
FACULTY AND UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
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Senate Ethics in Research Committee (EiRC), UCT, 2015 –
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Faculty Research Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2015 –
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Faculty Management Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2014 –
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School for Advanced Legal Studies, Executive Committee and Admissions and
Concessions Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2010-2011
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Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI) Steering Committee, UCT, 2010 –
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Research Ethics Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2010 –
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Student advisor, Law Faculty, UCT, 2010
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Humanities Faculty Board, UCT, 2009-2011
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IT Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2008 –
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Community Service Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2007, 2011
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Dean’s Advisory Committee, Law Faculty UCT, 2007-2009
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Law Faculty Board, UCT 2007 –
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Centre for Legal and Applied Research Committee, Law Faculty, UCT, 2006 –
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UCT Law Faculty staff selection committee, 2006, 2009, 2014
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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African polycentric security governance systems (with a focus on legitimacy,
accountability and equitable security for the public good).
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Non-state organised violence
 Design principles for effective and accountable security governance
PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Diphoorn, T. and J. Berg (2014) ‘Typologies of Partnership Policing: Case Studies from
Urban South Africa’, Policing & Society, 24(4):425-442.
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Berg, J. (2013) ‘Civilian Oversight of Police in South Africa: From the ICD to the IPID’,
Police Practice and Research, 14(2):144-154.
Ward, C.L., Artz, L., Berg, J., Boonzaier, F., Crawford-Browne, S., Dawes, A., Foster, D.,
Matzopoulos, R., Nicol, A., Seekings, J., van As, A. and E. van der Spuy (2012)
‘Violence, Violence Prevention, and Safety: A Research Agenda for South Africa’, South
African Medical Journal, 102(4):215-218.
Berg, J. (2012) ‘Review: Security Beyond the State: Private security in international
politics, by Rita Abrahamsen and Michael C. Williams’, African Affairs, 111(444): 496-497.
Berg, J. and J. Nouveau (2011) ‘Towards a Third Phase of Regulation: Re-Imagining
Private Security in South Africa’, SA Crime Quarterly, 38:23-32.
Berg, J. and C. Shearing (2011) ‘The Practice of Crime Prevention: Design Principles
for More Effective Security Governance’, SA Crime Quarterly, 36:23-30.
Berg, J. (2010) ‘Seeing Like Private Security: Evolving Mentalities of Public
Space Protection in South Africa’, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 10(3): 287301.
Berg, J. and I. Kinnes (2009) ‘An Overview of Crime in South Africa’, The Criminologist,
34(3):22-23.
Berg, J. (2008) ‘Holding South Africa’s Private Security Industry Accountable:
Mechanisms of Control and Challenges to Effective Oversight’ Acta Criminologica,
21(1):87-96.
Berg, J. (2005) ‘The Rise of ‘Tik’ and the Crime Rate’, SACJ, 18(3): 306-328.
Berg, J. (2004) ‘Private Policing in South Africa: The Cape Town City Improvement District
– Pluralisation in Practice.’ Society in Transition, 35(2):224-250.
Berg, J. (2004) ‘Challenges to a Formal Private Security Industry-SAPS
Partnership: Lessons from the Western Cape’ Society in Transition, 35(1):105124.
Berg, J. and W. Schärf (2004) ‘Crime Statistics in South Africa 1994-2003’ SACJ,
17(1):57- 78.
Berg, J. (2003) ‘The Private Security Industry in South Africa: A Review of
Applicable Legislation’ SACJ, 16(2):178-196.
Berg, J. (2001) ‘Accountability in Private Corrections: Monitoring the Performance
of Private Prisons in South Africa’ SACJ, 14(3):327-343.
Berg, J. (2001) ‘Private Prisons the International Debate and its Relation to South Africa’
Acta Criminologica, 14(3):2-12.
Berg, J. (2001) ‘Contracting Corrections Future Prospects for a Developing Country’ Crime
& Conflict, 22:5-8.
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Berg, J. (2000) ‘Privatisierung als Chance für die Häftlinge?’ Der Überblick,1:54-58.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
Berg, J. and S. Howell (2015) Civilian Oversight of Police in Africa: Trends and Challenges. In
Prenzler, T. and G. den Heyer (eds) Civilian Oversight of the Police: Advancing Accountability
in Law Enforcement. CRC Press: London, pp. 121-138.
Berg, J. and S. Howell (2015) Running the Gauntlet: Police Strategies and Responses to Strike
Action. In Hepple, B., Le Roux, R. and S. Sciarra (eds) Laws Against Strikes: The South
African Experience in an International and Comparative Perspective. FrancoAngelli: Rome,
pp. 185-204.
Nakueira, S. and J. Berg (2015) Innovations in the Governance of Security: Lessons from the
2010 World Cup in South Africa. In Albrecht, J., Dow, M., Plecas, D. and D. Das (eds)
Policing Major Events: Perspectives from Around the World. CRC Press, pp. 60-73.
Berg, J. with C. Shearing (2015) New Authorities: Relating State and Non-state Security
Auspices in South African Improvement Districts. In Albrecht, P. and H. Kyed (eds) Policing
and the Politics of Order-making. Oxon and New York: Routledge, pp. 91-107.
Berg, J., Nakueira, S. and C. Shearing (2014) Global Non-state Auspices of Security
Governance. In Arrigo, B. and H. Bersot (eds) The Routledge Handbook of International
Crime and Justice Studies. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 77-97.
Berg, J. (2013) Governing Security in Public Spaces: Improvement Districts in South Africa.
In Lippert, R. and K. Walby (eds) Policing Cities: Urban Securitization and Regulation in a
21st Century World. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 161-175.
Berg, J., Akinyele, R., Fourchard, L., van der Waal, K. and M. Williams (2013) Contested
Social Orders: Negotiating Urban Security in Nigeria and South Africa. In Bekker, S. and L.
Fourchard (eds) Governing Cities in Africa – Politics and Policies. Cape Town: HSRC press,
pp. 169-188.
Hentschel, C. and J. Berg (2010) Policing South African Cities: Plural and Spatial Perspectives.
In Cools, M., De Kimpe, S., Dormaels, A., Easton, M., Enhus, E., Ponsaers, P., Vande Walle,
G. and A. Verhage (eds) Police, Policing, Policy and the City in Europe. The Hague: Eleven
International Publishing, pp. 147-174.
Berg, J. and E. van der Spuy (2010) Challenges for the Good Governance of Security in the
African Context. In Idriss, M., Jendly, M., Karn, J. and M. Mulone (eds) International Report
on Crime Prevention and Community Safety: Trends and Perspectives, 2010. Montreal:
International Centre for the Prevention of Crime, pp. 123-125.
Berg, J. and C. Shearing (2008) Integrated Security: Assembling Knowledges and Capacities.
In Williamson, T. (ed) The Handbook of Knowledge Based Policing: Current Conceptions and
Future Directions. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 389-404.
Berg, J. (2006) Implications of Prison Liberalization on Correctional Workers’ Socio-economic
Security. In Rosskam, E. (ed). Winners or Losers? Liberalizing Public Services. Geneva:
International Labour Organization. pp. 263-321.
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Shearing, C. and J. Berg (2006) Private Policing. In Greene, J.R. (ed) Encyclopaedia of Police
Science, 3rd Edition, 2 vols. New York: Routledge.
Shearing, C. and J. Berg (2006) South Africa. In Jones, T. and T. Newburn (eds) Plural
Policing A Comparative Perspective. Oxon: Routledge, pp. 190-221.
Berg, J. (2003) Prison Privatization: Developments in South Africa. In Coyle, A., Campbell,
A. and R. Neufeld (eds) Capitalist Punishment: Prison Privatization and Human Rights.
Atlanta: Clarity Press, pp. 179-188.
OCCASIONAL PAPERS
Berg, J. and V. Gabi (2011) Regulating Private Security in South Africa: Context,
Challenges and Recommendations’, African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum Policy
Paper, 3.
Tait, S. and J. Berg (2008) “Time to Keep Rent-a-Cops on a Tight Rein”, Cape Argus, 3
November, p. 13.
Berg, J. (2007) ‘The Accountability of South Africa’s Private Security Industry: Mechanisms
of Control and Challenges to Effective Oversight’, Criminal Justice Initiative Occasional
Paper 2. Newlands: Open Society Foundation for South Africa.
OP-EDS AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
Berg, J. (2013) ‘Private Security Industry Puzzle’, The New Age, 13 September.
Tait, S. and J. Berg (2008) ‘Time to Keep Rent-a-Cops on a Tight Rein’, Cape Argus, 3
November.
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PAPERS
Ward, C.L., Artz, L., Berg, J., Boonzaier, F., Crawford-Browne, S., Dawes, A., Foster, D.,
Matzopoulos, R., Nicol, A., Seekings, J., Van As, A.B., and E. Van der Spuy (2012) A
Research Agenda for (Youth) Violence Prevention. Paper presented at the Youth and
School Violence Symposium, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 19-20 March
Berg, J. and S. Nakueira (2011) Auspices of Security Governance: FIFA and the 2010
Soccer World Cup. Paper presented at the 11th Annual Conference of the European Society
of Criminology, Vilnius, Lithuania, 21-24 September 2011.
Berg, J. and S. Nakueira (2011) Security governance innovations: the effects of FIFA’s
governance on the policing of the 2010 World Cup. Paper presented at the 16th World
Congress of the International Society for Criminology, Kobe, Japan, 5-9 August 2011.
Nakueira, S. and J. Berg (2010) Innovations in the Governance of Security: Lessons from the
2010 World Cup. Paper presented at the Institute for Security Studies Conference: Towards
a Coherent Strategy for Crime Reduction in South Africa Beyond 2010, Johannesburg, 1-2
December 2010.
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Berg, J. and C. Shearing (2010) New Authorities: Relating State and Non-State Security
Providers in South African Improvement Districts. Paper presented at the Danish Institute
for International Studies Conference: Access to Justice and Security: Non-State Actors and
the Local Dynamics of Ordering, Copenhagen, 1-2 November 2010.
Berg, J. (2010) Exploring Opportunities in Public Private Partnerships in the Management of
Prisons in Africa, Correctional Services and Prisons Reforms Africa 2010 Conference,
Johannesburg, 25-27 October 2010.
Berg, J. (2010) Reflections on ‘Partnership Policing’: Features, Influences and Challenges.
Institute for Security Studies Conference, Policing in South Africa: 2010 and Beyond,
Johannesburg, 30 September-1 October 2010.
Berg, J. (2010) From Hierarchy to Networks: Does the IPID Mandate Require a Paradigm
Shift? Independent Complaints Directorate/Institute for Security Studies Workshop, Towards
Understanding the Independent Police Investigative Directorate’s Mandate for Addressing
Police Corruption, Durban, 16-17 September 2010.
Berg, J. (2008) ‘City Improvement Districts and Private Security: The Role and Challenges
of Private Business in Crime Prevention’. POPCRU Crime Summit, 8-10 October 2008.
Berg, J. (2008) ‘The Private Surveillance of Public Space: Evolving Private Security
Mentalities in South Africa’. Presented at Informality and Access to Services in Cities of
Africa workshop, GDRI/WITS, 3-4 July 2008.
Berg, J. (2008) ‘Police Pluralisation in Practice: City Improvement Districts in South
Africa’. Presented at Nexus Policing: Binding Research to Practice Conference, Melbourne,
Australia, 26-28 May 2008
Berg, J. (2007) ‘Democratic Governance of Urban Security: Re-evaluating Policing
Oversight’. Presented at a conference entitled Policing in South Africa in 2007: Key Issues
and Developments, Centurion, 31 October 31 to 1 November 2007.
Berg, J. (2007) ‘Accountability of Plural Policing in the City of Cape Town’. Presentation
made to the Portfolio Committee of Safety and Security, Cape Town, 20 June 2007.
Berg, J. (2007) ‘Future Prospects for Plural Policing: Towards a New Vision of Oversight’.
Presented at a workshop on the Role and Functions of the Private Security Industry
Regulatory Authority (PSIRA), UNISA, Pretoria, 24 May 2007.
Berg, J. (2007) ‘The Nature of Plural Policing Arrangements in the City of Cape Town’.
Presented at a workshop on Plural Policing in the City of Cape Town: Trends and
Challenges for Oversight, Cape Town, 16 May 2007.
Berg, J. (2007) ‘The Functioning of Plural Policing Oversight in the City of Cape Town’.
Presented at a workshop on Plural Policing in the City of Cape Town: Trends and
Challenges for Oversight, Cape Town, 16 May 2007.
Berg, J. (2007) ‘Plural Policing in Cape Town: Recent Trends and Challenges to Oversight’.
Presented at a workshop on Innovations in Urban Security Governance, Cape Town, 18
September 2007.
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Berg, J. (2006) ‘Accountability in an Era of Plural Policing: Re-conceptualising Police
Oversight in South Africa’. Presentation made at the SLTSA Conference 2006, Faculty of
Law, University of Cape Town, 3-6 July 2006.
Berg, J. (2006) ‘Responding to South Africa’s Evolving Security Landscape: Improving the
Role and Image of the ICD?’ Presentation made at the Independent Complaints Directorate
Workshop: Establishing a Cordial Relationship Between the Police, ICD and Civil Society:
Problems and Prospects. Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria, 6-7 February 2006.
Berg, J. and E. van der Spuy (2005) ‘Shifting Parameters for Police Accountability in South
Africa: Recent Developments’. Paper delivered at the International Police Executive
Symposium Conference, Prague 4-9 September 2005.
CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
Berg, J. (2013) Chair of the panel on Policing, Crime Prevention and Injury Surveillance.
SaVI Colloquium, 1-2 November 2013. (Invitation to chair from organiser).
Berg, J. and J-P. Roux (2011) Re-imagining Private Security Regulation in South Africa.
Presentation made at an APCOF (African Policing and Civilian Oversight Forum)
roundtable held on the 11th October 2011. (Invitation to attend from workshop organisers).
Berg, J. and C. Shearing (2011) Design Principles for More Effective Security Governance
and Urban Safety in South Africa. Poster presented at the Safety and Violence Initiative
(SaVI) conference, UCT, Cape Town, 8-9 September 2011.
Berg, J. (2008) Discussant at a session entitled: “Crime, Poverty and Police Corruption” at
the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) conference, Cape
Town, 9-11 June 2008. (Invitation to attend from conference organisers)
Berg, J. (2010) Reflections on ‘Partnership Policing’: Features, Influences and Challenges.
Presentation made at the Institute for Security Studies Conference: Policing in South
Africa: 2010 and Beyond, Johannesburg, 30 September-1 October 2010.
Berg, J. (2010) Exploring Opportunities in Public Private Partnerships in the Management
of Prisons in Africa. Presentation made at the Correctional Services and Prisons Reforms
Africa 2010 Conference, Johannesburg, 25-27 October 2010. (Invitation to attend from
conference organisers).
Berg, J. (2010) From Hierarchy to Networks: Does the IPID Mandate Require a Paradigm
Shift? Presentation made at the Independent Complaints Directorate/Institute for Security
Studies (ICD/ISS) workshop: Towards Understanding the Independent Police Investigative
Directorate’s Mandate for Addressing Police Corruption, Durban, 16-17 September 2010.
(Invitation to attend from workshop organisers).
Berg, J. (2008) Private Security Regulation and Accountability. Presentation made to the
South African Security Association (SASA), Cape Town, 5 June 2008. (Invitation to attend
from organisers).
Berg, J. (2008) City Improvement Districts and Private Security: The Role and Challenges
of Private Business in Crime Prevention. Presentation made at the Police and Prisons Civil
Rights Union (POPCRU) Crime Summit, 8-10 October 2008. (Invitation to attend from
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summit organisers).
Berg, J. (2007) Future Prospects for Plural Policing: Towards a New Vision of Oversight.
Presentation made at a workshop on the Role and Functions of the Private Security Industry
Regulatory Authority (PSIRA), University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, 24 May
2007. (Invitation to attend from workshop organisers).
Berg, J. (2006) ‘Responding to South Africa’s Evolving Security Landscape: Improving the
Role and Image of the ICD?’ Presentation made at the Independent Complaints Directorate
Workshop: Establishing a Cordial Relationship Between the Police, ICD and Civil Society:
Problems and Prospects. Burgers Park Hotel, Pretoria, 6-7 February 2006. (Invitation to
attend from workshop organisers).
UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH/TECHNICAL/POLICY DOCUMENTS
Berg, J., Cartwright, J., Lamb, G. and C. McDonald (2014) Final Report Prepared for the
Legal Resources Centre: Breakdown in the Relationship Between the Police and
Community in Khayelitsha. Report submitted to the Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry,
Centre of Criminology and the Safety and Violence Initiative (SaVI), University of Cape
Town.
Berg, J. and S. Nakueira (2011) Best Principles of Collaborative Security Governance:
Lessons from the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Research report, Centre of Criminology, UCT.
Berg, J. (2007) Plural Policing in Cape Town: Recent Trends and Challenges to
Oversight. Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town, unpublished report.
Berg, J. with R. Röntsch (2007) Child Justice Alliance Court Monitoring Project, Phase
Two: Report on the Attendance of Children in Court at Three Magisterial Districts from
September to December 2006 and from January to February 2007. Institute of Criminology,
University of Cape Town, unpublished report.
Berg, J. (2006) Working Annotated Bibliography on Adult and Youth Sex Offenders:
National and International Literature 1990-2005. Institute of Criminology, University
of Cape Town, unpublished internet document.
Berg, J. and Bonora, A. (2006) Child Justice Alliance Monitoring Project: Wynberg
Magistrate’s Court: Report on Attendance of Wynberg’s Juvenile Court – June to
September 2005. Institute of Criminology, UCT, unpublished report.
Berg, J. (2005) Overview of Plural Policing Oversight in Select Southern African
Development Community (SADC) Countries. Paper prepared for the Open Society
Foundation for inclusion on the Police Accountability Website:
www.policeaccountability.co.za, Institute of Criminology, UCT.
Berg, J. (2005) Police Accountability in Southern African Commonwealth Countries.
Paper prepared for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI): Institute of
Criminology, UCT.
Berg, J. (2005) Audit of Police Oversight in the East African Region. Paper prepared for the
Open Society Foundation for Submission to African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum
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(APCOF): Institute of Criminology, UCT.
Berg, J. (2004) Evaluating the SAYStOP Prevention Programme: Preliminary
Findings August-October 2004. Institute of Criminology, UCT: Unpublished Report,
SAYStOP Consortium.
Berg, J. (2003) Research on Police Accountability and Oversight Mechanisms in
South Africa 1998-2003. Cape Town: Institute of Criminology, UCT.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Plural Policing in the City of Cape Town, 2006-2007
Funded by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Project leader: Elrena van der Spuy
Co-ordinator and researcher: Julie Berg
Responsibilities: I undertook research which entailed gaining access and interviewing a number of
state and non-state bodies; processing data and writing up reports, as well as managing budgets and
finances; and organising workshops.
Survey on the Civilian Oversight Committee of the Metro Police, 2008
Funded by the City of Cape Town
Project leader: Julie Berg
Researcher: Melanie Lue-Dugmore
Responsibilities: I was involved in drafting a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Metro
Police in Cape Town geared towards developing integrated and collaborative research between the
Centre of Criminology and the Metro Police. The first project stemming from this MoU was a
survey conducted on the Civilian Oversight Committee of the Metro Police. I was the project
manager for this project, assisting the primary researcher and thus providing input into the research
tools and final report.
African Security and Justice Programme (ASJP), 2007-2011
Funded by the National Research Foundation, South African Research Chairs Initiative
Project leader: Clifford Shearing
Project leader (sub-programme on Physical Security): Julie Berg
Responsibilities: My responsibilities were diverse and included managerial, administrative and
research functions (see section below ‘Leadership, Administration and Training’). The research
duties included providing conceptual input into the development of a research programme; sourcing
research resources and materials; undertaking research and publishing within the programme’s
thematic areas; mentoring and supervision of students.
Audit of Police Oversight, 2008
Funded by the African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum
Project leader and principal researcher: Julie Berg
Researchers: Africanus Sesay and Craig Traub
Responsibilities: I was responsible for the management of a research project involving an audit of
police oversight in select African countries. In this regard I coordinated and mentored the research
activities of two students hired for the purposes of writing up this report and I edited the final
product.
International Research Group Programme or Groupement De Recherche Internationale,
2008-2012
Funded by the National research Foundation, Stellenbosch University, CEAN, CNRS
Project leaders: Simon Bekker, Laurent Fourchard
Project leader (sub-programme on security): Julie Berg
Team: Laurent Fourchard, Michellene Williams, Kees van der Waal, Rufus Akinyele
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Responsibilities: I was responsible for leading the process of conceptualising and drafting a book
chapter with four others, on forms of security governance in Nigeria and South Africa. This entailed
participation in various workshops and meeting organised by the project leaders.
Towards Sustainable Public-Private Partnership Policing in South Africa: A Study of Major
Events Policing in the City of Cape Town, 2010-2011
Funded by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Project leader: Julie Berg
Researchers: John Cartwright and Sophie Nakueira
Responsibilities: Under the supervision of Clifford Shearing, I managed the project in its entirety in
terms of: the planning of the project; funding and financing; supervising the two researchers
involved in the field research (Sophie Nakueira and John Cartwright), organizing and presenting at a
workshop held on 11th March 2011 to present the findings; and compilation of a report with Ms
Nakueira entitled Best Principles of Collaborative Security Governance: Lessons from the 2010
Soccer World Cup. The project came to a conclusion at the end of March 2011; however, a number
of conference presentations and/or publications came out of the project including a book chapter
with Shearing and Nakueira in 2014.
A Whole of Society Approach to Safety in the Western Cape, 2010-2011
Funded by Western Cape Provincial Government
Project leaders: Clifford Shearing and Julie Berg
Researchers: Adam Armstrong, Ricky Röntsch, John Cartwright
Responsibilities: I was the project manager for a project within the Centre of Criminology for the
Western Cape Provincial Government on “Creating a Whole of Society” approach to safety in the
Western Cape. I thus supervised and managed three researchers involved in the project (Adam
Armstrong, Ricky Röntsch and John Cartwright) and a consultant (Gene Lohrentz); co-ordinated the
writing, editing and publication of a research report to Province; and was responsible for overseeing
the contracts process and budgets.
Non-state Organised Violence Programme, 2013 –
Funded by UCT
Project leaders: Guy Lamb (Safety and Violence Initiative) and Julie Berg
Researchers (previous and current): Simon Howell, Gail Super, Francisca Zimmerman, Giselle
Warton, Callixte Kavuro, Laura Freeman, Inge Papp, Lauren Baerecke
Responsibilities: I am a member of the steering committee of the Safety and Violence Initiative
(SaVI) (established as part of the VC’s Strategic Funding initiatives) – directed by Guy Lamb – that
has been involved in decisions about the future direction of violence research at UCT. My
responsibilities in this programme has been, with Guy Lamb, to manage the development of a
database of literature on non-state organised violence; manage research support and provide input
into a funding proposal. I am also co-convening a Masters course entitled Issues in Crime & Justice:
Organised Non-State Violence in Africa (to be offered from 2015).
Strengthening Responses to Challenges of Crime, Corruption, Drugs and Terrorism:
A Guide for Development Practitioners, 2015 –
Funded by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Project leaders: Mark Shaw, Julie Berg and Guy Lamb
Researchers: Laura Drivdal, Simon Howell, Desmond Arias, Nazia Hussain, Kayyonne Marston,
Patrick Mutahi, Jorge Chabat, Etannibi Alemika, Shane Farrell, Andy Guth and Graham Willis
Responsibilities: The aim of the project is to develop a UN guide for city development practitioners
and policymakers to assist them in dealing more effectively with the challenges of addressing crime,
corruption and countering violent extremism. To inform the guide, researchers in ten cities in the
global south were recruited to draft a written narrative on the challenges of crime, corruption, drugs
and/or terrorism in their city. The cities chosen include: Cape Town, Medellin, Karachi, Kingston,
Nairobi, Mexico City, Lagos, Istanbul, Manila and São Paulo. The city reports will also be included
in an edited book, edited by the project leaders. As one of the project leaders, I have been involved
in the conceptualisation of the project as a whole, and provide conceptual guidance to the researchers
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involved as well as undertake managerial, administrative and financial tasks associated with the
project. I am also, as mentioned, one of the editors of the book and am involved in the drafting of
one of the city chapters.
Urban Safety, Violence and Crime in South African Cities, 2015 –
Funded by South African Cities Network and GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit)
Project leaders: Mark Shaw, Julie Berg and Guy Lamb
Researchers: Chris de Kock (independent consultant), Laura Drivdal, Anine Kriegler, Brandy Byrd,
Andile Nkosinkulu, Never Chirisa, Danford Chibvongodze, Norman Sempijja, Lucia Leboto,
Michelle Chihambakwe, Simone Arielle Levy, Mukai Jason and Sophie Nakueira.
Responsibilities: The aims of the project were to develop:
- a set of standard indicators by which city officials and policymakers can measure safety in South
African cities;
- a baseline report on the state of safety in South Africa’s main cities;
- examples from South African cities of existing best practices to counter urban insecurity;
- a case study of an innovative site of urban development (Cosmo City).
As one of the project leaders for the project, I was involved in the conceptual planning of the project
and the supervision of researchers. I was also involved in the drafting process of the reports
submitted to the funders. I conducted field research to inform one of the reports submitted (a case
study of a mixed-use urban development project) and was also involved in managerial,
administrative and financial tasks associated with the contract. The first phase of the project is
complete and a second phase is planned.
Design of Standard Operating Procedures and Models for Neighbourhood Watches and
Community Police Forums in the Western Cape, 2015 –
Funded by Department of Community Safety, Western Cape Provincial Government
Project leaders: Julie Berg, Simon Howell and Guy Lamb (John Cartwright and Clifford Shearing as
consultants to the project)
Researchers: Matthew Skade, Shayni Geffen, Simon Howell, Orly Stern and Jean-Pierre Roux
Responsibilities: The project aims to conduct research on the functioning of Neighbourhood
Watches and Community Police Forum in select sites in the Western Cape so as to develop a set of
standard operating procedures and a polycentric model(s) of security governance which can inform
the development of regulations for the Community Safety Act of 2013. As one of the project leaders
I am involved in the conceptualisation of the project as a whole, the conceptualisation of models of
security governance, the supervision and mentoring of researchers, as well as other managerial,
administrative and financial tasks associated with the project. The project concludes in the beginning
of 2016.
REFEREE/REVIEWER
Reviewed articles in the following journals:
 Acta Criminologica
 African Safety Promotion
 African Security Review
 Contemporary Justice Review
 Environment and Planning
 Policing and Society
 Regulation and Governance
 SADC Law Journal
 South African Crime Quarterly
 South African Journal of Criminal Justice
 South African Journal of Science
 South African Review of Sociology
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 St Antony’s International Review (STAIR)
 Theoretical Criminology
 Urban Affairs Review
Also:
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Manuscripts, a number of book chapters and National Research Foundation (NRF)
rating applications.
POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS
Involved in an ongoing partnership with the Private Security Industry Regulatory
Authority, 2013 –
Team member of a task team which developed a paper and made a presentation to the
National Planning Commission on Achieving Sustained Citizen Safety, August –
September 2011.
Project manager, task team to reshape security governance in the Western Cape for
the Provincial Government, Western Cape, South Africa 2010 – 11.
Submission on Kenya’s Draft Private Security Industry Regulation Bill, 2010 in
collaboration with the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative and the African
Policing Civilian Oversight Forum, 2010.
Review of the Key Performance Indicators of the Cape Town Metropolitan Police and
consultancy for the Neighbourhood Coordination pilot project under the auspices of the
City Council and Metro Police, 2009.
Submission to Parliament opposing the relocation of the Scorpions to the SAPS in
collaboration with the Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Archdiocese of
Cape Town, July 2008.
Presentation of research on plural policing and oversight at Parliament to the
Portfolio Committee on Safety and Security, June 2007.
TEACHING AND SUPERVISION AT UCT
2015
Convener and lecturer, Theories of Crime and Social Order PBL6820F
Co-Convener and lecturer, Law in Action: Research Methods PBL5849F; and Crime and
Deviance in South African Cities PBL2800F
2014
Convener and lecturer, Theories of Crime and Social Order PBL6820F; and Police
and policing: Explorations in Security Governance PBL5844S
Co-Convener and lecturer, Law in Action: Research Methods PBL5849F; Crime and
Deviance in South African Cities PBL2800F
2013
Convener and lecturer, Police and policing: Explorations in Security
Governance PBL5844S
Lecturer, Crime and deviance in South African Cities PBL2800F
2012
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Convener and lecturer, Police and policing: Explorations in Security
Governance PBL5844F
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime and Social Control in Africa PBL4809S
2011
Convener and lecturer, Police and policing: Explorations in Security
Governance PBL6844F
Co-convener and lecturer, Theories of Crime and Social Order PBL6820F
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime and Social Control in Africa PBL4809S
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime and Deviance in South African Cities PBL2800F
2010
Convener and lecturer, Police and policing: Explorations in Security
Governance PBL6844F
Co-convener and lecturer, Theories of Crime and Social Order PBL6820F
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime and Social Control in Africa PBL4809S
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime and Deviance in South African Cities PBL2800F
2009
Co-convener and lecturer, Police and policing: Explorations in Security
Governance PBL6844F
Co-convener and lecturer, Theories of Crime and Social Order PBL6820F
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime and Social Control in Africa PBL4809S
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime and Deviance in South African Cities PBL2800F
2008
Co-convener and lecturer, Trends in the Governance of Security CRJ6021F
Co-convener and lecturer, Theories of Crime and Social Order CRJ6020F
Convener and lecturer, Crime and Social Control in Africa CRJ4009S/CRJ6010F
2007
Co-convener and lecturer, Trends in the Governance of Security CRJ6021F
Co-convener and lecturer, Theories of Crime and Social Order CRJ6020F
Lecturer, Module on ‘private prisons’ for Prisoners Right and Comparative Prison Systems
CRJ6019S
2006
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime & Deviance in South African Cities CRJ2000F
2005
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime & Deviance in South African Cities CRJ200F
2004
Co-convener and lecturer, Crime & Deviance in South African Cities CRJ200F
GUEST TEACHING
I have guest lectured for other courses in the Public Law Department such as the Masterslevel course Prisoners Right and Comparative Prison Systems; the Masters-level course
Punishment and Human Rights; the Honours-level course Research Methods in Criminology
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and Criminal Justice; and the final-year LLB course Criminology. I also guest lectured for
the Department of Social Development in the Humanities Faculty, UCT.
SUPERVISION
The following students graduated under my supervision:
2009
Maravanyika, Emmanuel
MPhil by coursework
Title: “The bloody rainbow nation: A critical analysis of legislation and policies within South Africa
in preventing and responding to xenophobia”
Mpala, Nokuthula
MPhil by coursework
Title: “Understanding the role of the state in the governance of security in South Africa: A
Muizenberg Improvement District case study”
Mutongwizo, Tariro
MPhil by coursework
Title: “Foreign fears? An exploratory study of perceptions and fear of crime in South Africa amongst
international students at the University of Cape Town”
2010
John, Kaveshnee
Criminology Honours
Title: “Analysis of the DNA database in South Africa”
Mangezi, Martin
Criminology Honours
Title: “A comparison of the use of community service sentencing as an alternative to imprisonment in
South Africa and Zimbabwe: Case studies on Cape Town community court and Gutu magistrates
court”
2011
Armstrong, Adam
MPhil by research only
Title: “Traversing the third city: Observations of space-making practices in a refugee community in
Cape Town”
Dube, Paul
MPhil by coursework
Title: “The new security beat: An audit of interventions employed to protect young people at Wesbank
High School in metro-south district of the Western Cape”
Habarurema, Jean-Pierre
LLM by coursework
Title: “The ‘multilateralization’ of policing: A case study of Rwanda before and after the 1994
genocide”
2012
Graham, Tarrin-Rae
MPhil by coursework
Title: “An exploratory study of the nature, extent and governance of missing children in South Africa”
Grimwood, Sakina
MPhil by research only
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Title: “Taming the green bull in the regulatory China ship: How insufficient understanding of
governance and power resulted in the Solar Water Heater Bylaw in the City of Cape Town not
being implemented”
Kachienga, Paskaliah
MPhil by coursework
Title: “The governance of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict African states: Justice
responses to female survivors”
Mabelebele, Ketumetsi
Criminology Honours
Title: “Shoot to Kill: Constitutionality of using lethal force as stated by Section 49 of the Criminal
Procedure Act 51 of 1977”
Mukeshimana, Paul
LLM by coursework
Title: “How do formal and informal systems of justice relate to each other in two post-conflict
countries: Rwanda and Uganda?”
Nkusi, Augustin
LLM by coursework (co-supervised with Tom Bennett)
Title: “A description of Gacaca courts: Do they constitute a category of retributive or restorative
justice?”
Roux, Jean-Pierre
MPhil by coursework
Title: “The operation of private governance: exploratory research into private investigations”
Zeeman, Tammy
MPhil by coursework (co-supervised with Clifford Shearing)
Title: “Seeking alternative justice: mapping the dynamics and regulation of private investigators in
South Africa”
2013
Van der Merwe, Melani
MPhil by coursework (co-supervised with Elrena van der Spuy)
Title: “The challenges of regulating private military companies: exploring the possibilities”
2014
Kasipo, Mafaro
LLM by coursework
Title: “What is the effect of a state centric approach to policing in South Africa? A review of policy”
Smit, Nadia
MPhil by coursework (co-supervised with Elrena van der Spuy)
Title: “Regulating the Internet: An exploration into challenges facing cybercrime regulation”
2015
Henderson, Ashleigh
MPhil by coursework
Title: “Mapping the security arrangements for Khayelitsha’s schools: What are the normative and
functional outcomes of nodal policing approach to policing school-based violence in Khayelitsha?”
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
I have been the external examiner for courses and/or dissertations for the following institutions:
 School of Built Environment & Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Department of Criminology and Security Science, University of South Africa (2014)
African Centre for Migration and Society, Witwatersrand University (2014)
School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal (2012)
Graduate School of Public and Development Management, Witwatersrand University
(2011-2012)
School of Communication, Department of Legal and Criminal Justice Studies,
Polytechnic of Namibia (2009)
TEACHING PROJECTS
Trends in the Governance of Security Digital Course, 2007-2010
Funded by: the National Research Foundation, South African Research Chairs
Initiative
Project managers: Julie Berg and Elaine Atkins
Team: Justine Krige, Anton Slabber, Clifford Shearing
Role: I managed the process through developing storyboards for each seminar within
the course, recording some of the speakers and downloading the clips into computer
format, reviewing the video clips, editing them and linking them to the readings for the
course. I was also involved in the technological development of the course by
reviewing the end-products of the digital seminars, providing feedback as to how they
could be improved and ‘testing’ the end-products by continually reviewing them in
class settings.
Policing Around the World Digital Course, 2008-2009
Funded by: University of Bochum, Germany
Project manager: Thomas Feltes
Role: I presented a seminar on “Private Security in South Africa”
PhD-Net Police Science Exchange Programme / Summer School, 2009-2010
Funded by DAAD
Project leaders: Jointly organised by Thomas Feltes (Ruhr-University Bochum) and the
Centre of Criminology
Project participants: Select German and South African PhD students
Responsibilities: I and other South African PhD students attended a number of
workshops at the German Police University, Muenster from the 24th August to the 4th
September 2009. The programme facilitated discussions, academic (and personal)
support and input for all PhD students involved. Similarly I was involved in the
second part of the summer school during which time a number of Germany and
Belgian PhD students (as well as South African PhD students) were involved in a
series of workshops at the Centre of Criminology, UCT from the 24th January to the 4th
February 2010. The workshops facilitated opportunities for all involved to provide
feedback on PhD developments as well as providing conceptual, methodological and
theoretical input. I was involved – as a member of the Centre of Criminology – in
some of the management and organisation of the Summer School, particularly the
South African component.
Crime and Social Control in Africa Digital Course, 2010-2012
Funded by: the National Research Foundation, South African Research Chairs
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Initiative
Project manager: Elaine Atkins
Team: Julie Berg, Elrena van der Spuy and Clifford Shearing
Role: I was involved in reviewing digital contributions and providing technical and
content input.
Docu-Game Project, 2011-2012
Funded by the Hague University
Project leaders: Rob Ruts (the Hague University) and Julie Berg (Centre of
Criminology)
Team: John Cartwright, Irvin Kinnes, Clifford Shearing
Responsibilities: The project aimed at developing the nodal governance approach to
security governance into a training video for (police) practitioners. My role entailed
being the Centre of Criminology’s front-end of communication with the Hague
University, through reviewing docu-game material, organizing the formalization of
collaboration through the development of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and
other documentation as well as the organization of a workshop held at the Centre of
Criminology on the 7th November 2011.
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