Crime and policing in post-apartheid South Africa : transforming under fire
This text discusses the extent of crime in late-1990s South Africa, looking at its victims and the criminal justice system within the country. The author also reviews the options available to government if it is to restore the public's confidence in its ability to tackle growing lawlessness.
169 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9781850653998, 9781850654186, 1850653992, 1850654182
49919778
1. A criminal state
The crime of apartheid
Youth and crime
Apartheid as crime prevention
Crime and the decline of apartheid
2. The politics of police change
Negotiating a new police
Legitimacy first, all else will follow
Partners in crime
New issue, new agenda?
3. Confronting the violent society
Counting the cost
Unequal victimisation
Comparisons and characteristics
A nation in need of healing
4. The rise of organised crime
Connections and continuities
New domocracy, unsafe neighbourhood
Conflict and crime
New and stronger players
A criminal future?
5. Public reactions to insecurity
A battle of perceptions
Divided by fear
Ourselves alone?
6. The impact of private policing
The security boom
A contracted divide
A new reality?
7. Assessing state responses
Local policing and accountability
Paper promises?
The new police
Judging success
8. Conclusion: options and prospects
Towards democratic policing
Designing a new safety system
Undercutting crime and its causes
Crime and democracy