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Antony Altbeker Since 1994, Antony has worked on issues relating to crime, policing and criminal justice in government and in a variety of think-tanks. In government, he worked for four years (1994 to 1998) in the Ministry for Safety and Security, where he was responsible for establishing systems for monitoring police performance and was involved in a variety of policy and legislative processes. Between 1999 and 2001, Antony worked in the National Treasury where he was a senior manager responsible for the negotiation of the budgets for the departments that make up the criminal justice system. Finally and most recently, Antony worked as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance, assisting in the hand-over to a new minister before and after the 2009 elections. Fruit of a Poisoned Tree is Antony Altbeker’s third book about crime and justice in South Africa. His first, The Dirty Work of Democracy, won the Recht Malan prize for non-fiction and was short-listed for the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. His second, A Country at War with Itself, is widely regarded as the most authoritative popular account of the causes of South Africa’s crime problem and of what to do to fix it. Extras Reviews, News & Interviews: Samaoen Osman reviews A Country at War with Itself Read an excerpt of A Country at War with Itself James Mitchell reviews Fruit of a Poisoned Tree |