LIVESTOCK THEFT: EXPANDING ON CRIMINOLOGICAL PROFILING AND OFFENDER ASSESSMENT PRACTICES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Criminological profiling and assessments of offenders have proved to be a valuable tool in
the prediction and rehabilitation of criminal behaviour. However, such assessments have
mostly been applied to violent types of crimes. Although economic crimes such as theft and
fraud have not been neglected, the value and application of criminological profiling and the
assessment of offenders who perpetrated the crime of livestock theft has not been fully
explored.  Read more …