Policing in South Africa: A Critical Evaluation

IF 0.8 Q2 AREA STUDIES Insight on Africa Pub Date : 2021-10-28 DOI:10.1177/09750878211048169
D. Govender, K. Pillay
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High crime rates, use of violence by criminals, police brutality, corruption, rape by police officials and other forms of criminal misconduct against the police including the centralisation of specific specialised functions of policing, which was tantamount to taking away policing from the people at police station level, are some of the allegations which affects the image of the police as a legitimate organisation. Much of these allegations levelled by the community and the mass media are directed at the external and internal environments of the police. The aim of this article is to critically evaluate policing in South Africa, so that respect for the country and its citizens can be restored. For this discussion, the researcher collected qualitative information by means of a literature study and drew on his personal experience as a former senior police officer with the South African Police Service (SAPS). Prior to 1994, the call was for the rationalisation, restructuring and amalgamation of the police into a single police service that would enjoy legitimacy among all the communities of South Africa. Although the country embraced a new democratic dispensation in 1994, very little was done to implement transformational policies and processes to bring about systemic change in policing. A need for the change of the functioning of the police service in South Africa was identified, so that police officers may perform their role within the context of democratic principles and restore respect for the country and its citizens.
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南非警务:一项批判性评价
高犯罪率、罪犯使用暴力、警察暴行、腐败、警察强奸以及其他形式的针对警察的犯罪不当行为,包括集中特定的警务专业职能,这相当于剥夺了警察局一级人民的警务权,其中一些指控影响了警方作为合法组织的形象。社区和大众媒体提出的这些指控大多针对警察的外部和内部环境。本文的目的是批判性地评估南非的治安状况,以便恢复对该国及其公民的尊重。在这次讨论中,研究人员通过文献研究收集了定性信息,并借鉴了他作为南非警察局前高级警官的个人经历。在1994年之前,呼吁将警察合理化、改组和合并为一个单一的警察部门,在南非所有社区享有合法性。尽管该国在1994年接受了新的民主体制,但在实施转型政策和进程以实现警务的系统性变革方面,几乎没有采取任何行动。确定了改变南非警察部门运作的必要性,以便警察能够在民主原则的范围内发挥作用,恢复对国家及其公民的尊重。
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期刊介绍: nsight on Africa is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering contemporary African affairs and issues of policy relevance. It focuses on, though not confined to, foreign policies and developmental issues of African countries. The journal specially encourages article submission on issues related to emerging powers in Africa, BRICS in Africa and Afro-Asian relations. The journal is owned by African Studies Association of India (ASA India) located at Centre for African Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and its publication is managed by Policy Research Institute of African Studies Association (PRIASA) based in New Delhi.
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