The disjointed management of the criminal justice system by the police, courts and correctional services has led to sharp increases in the levels of dissatisfaction among victims of crime in South Africa, according to Statistician-General Pali Lehohla.

Data collected from 30 000 households and people, who fell victim to house robbery, housebreaking and burglary and assault, showed that the entire criminal justice system had to urgently change the manner in which it managed cases or risk lowering satisfaction levels among victims of crime, said Lehohla, who was addressing the media in Pretoria today on the release of Statistics South Africa’s Victims of Crime survey.

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