Policing of an urban periphery: the case of Khayelitsha
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2014
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South African Journal of Criminal Justice
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University of Cape Town
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A pervasive sense of crisis had long beset the policing of the Apartheid colony. The transition to democracy, it was thought, would finally put that crisis to bed. The early post-1994 period of reconstruction envisaged that far-reaching policy reforms and institutional changes would replace the old system, with a community-orientated, democratic model of policing emphasising accountability and efficiency. Over the past twenty-odd years much effort has gone into the dismantling of the structures, operational strategies and cultural mind-sets associated with the Apartheid model of paramilitary policing. A bold emphasis on collaborative partnerships between communities and police was intended to replace the spirit of adversarialism which often defined community-police interactions under Apartheid.
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Spuy, E. V. D., & Armstrong, A. (2014). Policing of an urban periphery: The case of Khayelitsha. S. Afr. J. Crim. Just., 27, 377.