Gail, joined the Centre of Criminology as a DST/NRF South African Research Chair in African Security and Justice post doctoral candidate in August 2010. Gail has a BA.LLB from UCT and an MSc in Criminology from the London School of Economics. She obtained her PhD. in Law and Society in September 2010 at the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science. The title of her PhD thesis is ‘Fractured Freedom: State Discourses about Crime in South Africa, 1976-2004’. Some recent publications include ‘The Spectacle of Crime in the “New” South Africa: A Historical Perspective, (1976-2004)’, British Journal of Criminology published in March 2010 and ‘Like Some Rough Beast Slouching Towards Bethlehem to be Born: A historical perspective on the institution of the prison in South Africa, 1976-2004’ – British Journal of Criminology, January 2011. Her most recent publication is 'Punishment and the body in the ‘old’ and ‘new’ South Africa: A story of punitivist humanism', Theoretical Criminology November 2011.
Chelete Monyane
Dr. Chelete Monyane, was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre from January till December, 2010 and conducted research in the area of Policing and Police Reform in Africa. Chelete obtained his PhD at the University of Stellenbosch in 2009 and his MSocSci from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He was with the Centre for Socio-legal Studies at the University of Kwazulu Natal from 2001-4 and focused on the political economy of criminal law and criminal justice.
Eban Ebai
Dr. Eban Ebai joined the Centre as a post-doctoral fellow during 2009. Eban is from Cameroon and did his law degree at the University of Yaounde. He completed his Masters degree in Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-ife in Nigeria and qualified with a PhD (Law) at the University of Limerick, Ireland. His thesis explores “The Role and Development of Human Rights Based Policing in the Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy in Cameroon”. Eban lectured Law in the University of Dshang Cameroon, University of Limerick, Ireland and was a guest Lecturer in the African Human Rights Program in Faculty of law, Trinity College Dublin. He is the pioneer Director of Cameroon Centre for Crime, Justice and Law Enforcement Studies. At present he is working with the CLEEN Foundation, Nigeria.
Mutuma Ruteere
Dr Mutuma Ruteere, from Kenya, was an NRF South African Research Chair in African Security and Justice sponsored post-doctoral fellow at the Centre from July to December 2009. He specializes in researching human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together the fields of social science and law. He has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2006). His doctoral thesis is titled “The Role of International Humanitarian Law in Civil Wars: Third Parties in African Conflicts". Mutuma is founding Dean of the Kenya Human Rights Institute and has advised human rights organizations in Kenya, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, policy-oriented reports, book reviews and newspaper articles on human rights. He is a human rights consultant for the Adili Consulting Group in Kenya and founded The Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies. CHRIPS is conceived as an international institution, principally working in Africa, and committed to the generation and dissemination of policy-relevant knowledge and to the development of innovative public policy solutions that also promote human rights and social justice.
Gail, joined the Centre of Criminology as a DST/NRF South African Research Chair in African Security and Justice post doctoral candidate in August 2010. Gail has a BA.LLB from UCT and an MSc in Criminology from the London School of Economics. She obtained her PhD. in Law and Society in September 2010 at the New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science. The title of her PhD thesis is ‘Fractured Freedom: State Discourses about Crime in South Africa, 1976-2004’. Some recent publications include ‘The Spectacle of Crime in the “New” South Africa: A Historical Perspective, (1976-2004)’, British Journal of Criminology published in March 2010 and ‘Like Some Rough Beast Slouching Towards Bethlehem to be Born: A historical perspective on the institution of the prison in South Africa, 1976-2004’ – British Journal of Criminology, January 2011. Her most recent publication is 'Punishment and the body in the ‘old’ and ‘new’ South Africa: A story of punitivist humanism', Theoretical Criminology November 2011.
Dr. Chelete Monyane, was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre from January till December, 2010 and conducted research in the area of Policing and Police Reform in Africa. Chelete obtained his PhD at the University of Stellenbosch in 2009 and his MSocSci from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He was with the Centre for Socio-legal Studies at the University of Kwazulu Natal from 2001-4 and focused on the political economy of criminal law and criminal justice. 
Dr. Eban Ebai joined the Centre as a post-doctoral fellow during 2009. Eban is from Cameroon and did his law degree at the University of Yaounde. He completed his Masters degree in Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-ife in Nigeria and qualified with a PhD (Law) at the University of Limerick, Ireland. His thesis explores “The Role and Development of Human Rights Based Policing in the Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy in Cameroon”. Eban lectured Law in the University of Dshang Cameroon, University of Limerick, Ireland and was a guest Lecturer in the African Human Rights Program in Faculty of law, Trinity College Dublin. He is the pioneer Director of Cameroon Centre for Crime, Justice and Law Enforcement Studies. At present he is working with the CLEEN Foundation, Nigeria. 
Dr Mutuma Ruteere, from Kenya, was an NRF South African Research Chair in African Security and Justice sponsored post-doctoral fellow at the Centre from July to December 2009. He specializes in researching human rights from an interdisciplinary perspective, bringing together the fields of social science and law. He has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2006). His doctoral thesis is titled “The Role of International Humanitarian Law in Civil Wars: Third Parties in African Conflicts". Mutuma is founding Dean of the Kenya Human Rights Institute and has advised human rights organizations in Kenya, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. He has published numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, policy-oriented reports, book reviews and newspaper articles on human rights. He is a human rights consultant for the Adili Consulting Group in Kenya and founded The Centre for Human Rights and Policy Studies. CHRIPS is conceived as an international institution, principally working in Africa, and committed to the generation and dissemination of policy-relevant knowledge and to the development of innovative public policy solutions that also promote human rights and social justice.