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This book offers a unique perspective by providing in-depth analyses of police integrity in South Africa. Using the organizational theory of police integrity, the book analyses the complex set of historical, legal, political, social, and economic circumstances shaping police integrity.
List of contents
1.Studying Police Integrity in South Africa 2.The Origin and Functions of the Police in South Africa: From Colonialism to Democracy 3.Transition to a Police Service: From Enforcer to Protector 4.South African Policing through Normative and Legal Boundaries 5.Policing the Police: Internal Control of Police Misconduct 6.Curtailing the Code of Silence 7.Apartheid Aftershock: Race, Police, and Police Integrity 8.Gender (In)Equality within the SAPS 9.Police Integrity across Rank and File 10.Police Integrity in the South African Context
About the author
Sanja Kutnjak Ivković is a Professor at the School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, U.S.A. For more than two decades, her research has focused on comparative and international criminology, criminal justice, and law. She received the 2017 Mueller Award for Distinguished Contributions to International Criminal Justice.
Adri Sauerman is a legal counsel in the mineral, energy, trading, and commerce industries as well as a former Fulbright and current independent scholar. As legal counsel, he navigates the legal and governance intricacies of several African and European commercial systems. His research and publications focus on international criminology, criminal justice, and law.
Andrew Faull is a Senior Researcher in the Justice and Violence Prevention Programme at the Institute for Security Studies, and a Research Associate at the Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has over 15 years of experience researching policing and related subjects in South Africa.
Michael E. Meyer is Emeritus Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Dakota, U.S.A. He was recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to South Africa and two National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships. His research interests focus on policing in transitional societies.
Gareth Newham is the Head of Justice and Violence Prevention Programme at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), an independent organization that provides authoritative policy research and technical support to enhance human security across Africa (www.issafrica.org). He leads a team of people who work to better understand, respond to, and prevent violence, and strive to strengthen the criminal justice system in South Africa.
Summary
This book offers a unique perspective by providing in-depth analyses of police integrity in South Africa. Using the organizational theory of police integrity, the book analyses the complex set of historical, legal, political, social, and economic circumstances shaping police integrity.
