Chris de Kock and Craig Schwabe

Dr Chris de Kock is the former head of the Crime Information Analysis Centre (CIAC) of the South African Police Service (SAPS). He holds a PhD in sociology and has extensive experience as a researcher and analyst in crime and violence in South Africa. He is also a consultant to police services in other southern African countries. As an associate of AfricaScope he works on the analysis of crime statistics and in the development of crime profile mapping projects. Craig Schwabe is a geospatial specialist and focuses on the development of geospatial information for South Africa and Africa. As a member of the GIS Centre of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) he assisted the South African Police Service (SAPS) in mapping its police station boundaries for the first time. As part of the AfricaScope team he has developed demographic and income data for South Africa and countries across Africa.