Policing for a New South Africa

ISBN-13: 9780415100274 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 248 str.

Mike Brogden; Clifford D. Shearing; Michael Brogden

Opis

The state police force of South Africa has acquired massive notoriety since its formation. Its officers have developed a reputation for routinely provoking violence and torturing suspects. As the key bastion of apartheid, it is in urgent need of change. In Policing for a New South Africa, Mike Brogden and Clifford Shearing evaluate the options for change. They critically analyze orthodox policing ideas imported from the West and contrast them with the indigenous model of independent policing from the townships of South Africa itself. Together, they offer significant possibilities for the future. Importantly, they suggest that rather than South Africans importing ideas wholesale from the West, the latter countries, in the light of the failures of their own police systems have much to learn from South Africa.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: through the looking-glass; Part I Catharsis; Chapter 2 Policing aPart heid—violence within the rules; Chapter 3 Police culture and the discourse of supremacy; Chapter 4 Township policing—experiencing the SAP; Part II Pathways of reform; Chapter 5 An orthodox solution—doing it the Western way; Chapter 6 Processes of ordering in the townships; Chapter 7 Towards a dual system of policing;

O autorze

Mike Brogden, Clifford D. Shearing