Crime, Violence and Injury Research Unit

Current projects

CVI Priorities (2006-2010)

1. Injury Surveillance
   1. The National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS)
   2. Automated National Injury Mortality Surveillance System
2. Violence Prevention
   1. The Nature, Circumstances and Socio-Environmental Contexts of Adolescent Homicide Victimisation in Johannesburg
   2. Female Homicidal Strangulation in Urban South Africa
   3. Male Interpersonal Violence Project
   4. Men’s Subjective Experiences of Perpetrating Violence against Intimate Partners
   5. A Home Visitation Programme for the Early Identification and Reduction of Risks for the Abuse and Neglect of Infants
   6. Collective Violence
   7. Action for a Safe South Africa (AFSSA)
3. Unintentional Injury Prevention
   1. Childhood Drowning
   2. Burns
   3. Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
   4. Child Survival (Home Visitation) Programme
   5. International Child Safety Intervention
4. Traffic Injury Prevention
   1. Childhood Pedestrian Injury in Urban South Africa: Magnitude, Individual and Neighbourhood Risks
   2. Childhood Traffic Safety Interventions
   3. Determinants of Road Traffic Mortality in South Africa
   4. The Relationship between Homicide and Road-Traffic Fatalities: A Masculinities Perspective
   5. International Child Safety Intervention
5. Training, Capacitation and Information Dissemination
   1. African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention
   2. Crime, Violence and Injury Prevention in South Africa: From Data to Action
   3. Qualitative Methods in Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention: An Edited Collection
   4. Mini-Conferences and Electronic Information Dissemination
   5. Training Courses, Teaching and Supervision