Policing and boundaries in a violent society : a South African case study /
Lamb, Guy,
Policing and boundaries in a violent society : a South African case study / Guy Lamb. - 1 online resource. - Routledge frontiers of criminal justice .
Introduction -- Boundaries, the police and police work: A conceptualisation -- Policing and boundaries in South African prior to 1948 -- The South African Police and the Policing of Apartheid -- Violent crime, firearms and post-apartheid police work -- Public Order Policing -- SAPS high-density policing operations -- COVID and policing in South Africa -- Conclusion.
"This book explores how social and territorial boundaries have influenced the approaches and practices of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS). By means of a historical analysis of South Africa, this book introduces a new concept, 'police frontierism', which illuminates the nature of the relationships between the police, policing and boundaries, and can potentially be used for future case study research. Drawing on a wealth of research, this book examines how social and territorial boundaries strongly influenced police practices and behaviour in South Africa, and how social delineations amplify and distort existing police prejudices against those communities on the other side of the boundary. Focusing on cases of high-density police operations, public-order policing and the recent policing of the COVID-19 lockdown, this book argues that poor economic conditions combined with an increased militarisation of the SAPS and a decline in public trust in the police will result in boundaries continuing to fundamentally inform police work in South Africa. This book will be of interest to scholars and students interested in policing in post-colonial societies characterised by high levels of violence, as well as police work and police militarization"--
9781003159681 1003159680 9781000536027 1000536025 9781000536041 1000536041
Police--History.--South Africa
Police-community relations--History.--South Africa
Borderlands--South Africa.
Violence--South Africa.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
HV8272.A2
363.20968
Policing and boundaries in a violent society : a South African case study / Guy Lamb. - 1 online resource. - Routledge frontiers of criminal justice .
Introduction -- Boundaries, the police and police work: A conceptualisation -- Policing and boundaries in South African prior to 1948 -- The South African Police and the Policing of Apartheid -- Violent crime, firearms and post-apartheid police work -- Public Order Policing -- SAPS high-density policing operations -- COVID and policing in South Africa -- Conclusion.
"This book explores how social and territorial boundaries have influenced the approaches and practices of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS). By means of a historical analysis of South Africa, this book introduces a new concept, 'police frontierism', which illuminates the nature of the relationships between the police, policing and boundaries, and can potentially be used for future case study research. Drawing on a wealth of research, this book examines how social and territorial boundaries strongly influenced police practices and behaviour in South Africa, and how social delineations amplify and distort existing police prejudices against those communities on the other side of the boundary. Focusing on cases of high-density police operations, public-order policing and the recent policing of the COVID-19 lockdown, this book argues that poor economic conditions combined with an increased militarisation of the SAPS and a decline in public trust in the police will result in boundaries continuing to fundamentally inform police work in South Africa. This book will be of interest to scholars and students interested in policing in post-colonial societies characterised by high levels of violence, as well as police work and police militarization"--
9781003159681 1003159680 9781000536027 1000536025 9781000536041 1000536041
Police--History.--South Africa
Police-community relations--History.--South Africa
Borderlands--South Africa.
Violence--South Africa.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
HV8272.A2
363.20968