Policing for a New South AfricaPsychology Press, 1993 - 234 pages 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 analyse orthodox policing ideas imported from the West and contrast them with the indigenous models of independent policing from the townships of South Africa itself. Policing for a New South Africa documents this network of local policing and judicial processes. Together they offer significant possibilities for the future within a dual policing system, of the State and civilians. |
Contents
Introduction through the lookingglass | 1 |
Policing apartheid violence within the rules | 11 |
Police culture and the discourse of supremacy | 37 |
Township policing experiencing the SAP | 53 |
An orthodox solution doing it the Western way | 87 |
Processes of ordering in the townships | 124 |
Towards a dual system of policing | 160 |
Notes | 182 |
Bibliography | 201 |
Name index | 217 |
Subject index | 220 |
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