Description
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 orthodos 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 import 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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: through the looking-glass; Part I Catharsis; Chapter 2 Policing aPart heid窶牌iolence within the rules; Chapter 3 Police culture and the discourse of supremacy; Chapter 4 Township policing窶覇xperiencing the SAP; Part II Pathways of reform; Chapter 5 An orthodox solution窶播oing it the Western way; Chapter 6 Processes of ordering in the townships; Chapter 7 Towards a dual system of policing;
