UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (UNISA)
College of Law
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CMY2602 ASSIGNMENT 01
Semester 1, 2026
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Module Code: CMY2602
Module Name: Criminology: A Basic Introduction
Student Name: [Your Full Name]
Student Number: [Your Student Number]
Assignment No.: 01
Unique Number: 346636
Semester: Semester 1, 2026
Due Date: [Insert Due Date]
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for CMY2602
at the University of South Africa.
, UNISA | CMY2602 Police Transformation & Human Trafficking
Contents
1 Question 1: Corruption and Community Mistrust as Challenges to South Africa’s Police
Transformation 2
1.1 1.1 Corruption within the South African Police Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.1 1.1.1 Causes of Police Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.2 1.1.2 Impacts of Police Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.3 1.1.3 Prevention Strategies for Police Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 1.2 Community Mistrust of the Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.1 1.2.1 Causes of Community Mistrust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.2 1.2.2 Impacts of Community Mistrust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.3 1.2.3 Prevention Strategies for Community Mistrust . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Question 2: Human Trafficking and the Key Crime Prevention Pillars 8
2.1 2.1 What Human Trafficking Entails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 2.2 The Key Crime Prevention Pillars Designed to Address Human Trafficking . 9
2.2.1 2.2.1 Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.2 2.2.2 Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.3 2.2.3 Prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.4 2.2.4 Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reference List 13
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College of Law
⋄
CMY2602 ASSIGNMENT 01
Semester 1, 2026
⋄
Module Code: CMY2602
Module Name: Criminology: A Basic Introduction
Student Name: [Your Full Name]
Student Number: [Your Student Number]
Assignment No.: 01
Unique Number: 346636
Semester: Semester 1, 2026
Due Date: [Insert Due Date]
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for CMY2602
at the University of South Africa.
, UNISA | CMY2602 Police Transformation & Human Trafficking
Contents
1 Question 1: Corruption and Community Mistrust as Challenges to South Africa’s Police
Transformation 2
1.1 1.1 Corruption within the South African Police Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.1 1.1.1 Causes of Police Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.2 1.1.2 Impacts of Police Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1.3 1.1.3 Prevention Strategies for Police Corruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 1.2 Community Mistrust of the Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.1 1.2.1 Causes of Community Mistrust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.2 1.2.2 Impacts of Community Mistrust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2.3 1.2.3 Prevention Strategies for Community Mistrust . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Question 2: Human Trafficking and the Key Crime Prevention Pillars 8
2.1 2.1 What Human Trafficking Entails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 2.2 The Key Crime Prevention Pillars Designed to Address Human Trafficking . 9
2.2.1 2.2.1 Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.2 2.2.2 Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.3 2.2.3 Prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.4 2.2.4 Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reference List 13
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