World Criminal Justice Systems, Ninth Edition, provides an understanding of major world
criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's …

South Africa boasts the largest private security sector in the entire world, reflecting deep
anxieties about violence, security, and governance. Twilight Policing is an ethnographic …

The rise of private security across the globe has sparked concerns that a central public good
is being corporatized, and that policing will no longer be guided by the interests of 'the …

White minority rule in South Africa was maintained through different forms of violence.
Controlling and exploiting the black population required an extensive and interlinked …

This is a book about the men and women who police contemporary South Africa. Drawing
on rich, original ethnographical data, it considers how officers make sense of their jobs and …

Policing in South Africa has gained notoriety through its extensive history of oppressive law
enforcement. In 1994, as the country's apartheid system was replaced with a democratic …

Drawing on media reports published during South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown, this article
argues that violent policing of black men in South African townships was driven by racial …

Abstract Gangs in Cape Town have long been associated with high levels of violence and
police efforts on the Cape Flats, while state agencies have not yet been able to bring any …

This paper discusses the findings of fifteen focus groups that explored civilian perceptions
and experience of police corruption in South Africa. The research was conducted in and …

Policing is a product and producer of narratives. Drawing on data collected during an 8-
month ethnography in the South African Police Service (SAPS), this article suggests that the …