Policing in Africa : towards an African epistemology
Title:
Policing in Africa : towards an African epistemology
Author:
Smit, J. (Jeanette)
ISBN:
9781485140108
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xxv, 473 pages ; 25 cm
Contents:
Part 1: Foundational epistemological discourses for Africa. Historical perspectives on policing in Africa -- Fundamental policing principles in an African context --- Civilian oversight and police accountability in Africa -- Legal aspects of policing in selected African countries -- Ethics in policing: An African framework -- Social disorganisation and crime -- Part 2: African policing practices. Community and partnership policing -- Peace-policing: towards an African definition -- Crime prevention revisited -- Crime prevention in Nigeria and South Africa: a comparison -- Conflict and conflict resolution -- Harmonising transport legislation for crime prevention in the SADC region -- Trafficking of women and children in Africa -- Part 3: Resourcing African policing. Human resource management in policing -- Physical resource management in policing from an African perspective -- Police-media relations -- Part 4: Strengthening African epistemology -- Introduction to crime and police research -- Police education and training.
Abstract:
"Policing in Africa is often portrayed as being practised by incompetent and corrupt apologists for governing regimes. Professional policing, on the other hand, is the opposite of populist, incompetent, corrupt and regime-partisan policing. A professional police agency is dependent on solid competence acquired through learning interventions aimed at the type of police service delivery that will suit a democratic society and an adherence to human rights principles. Policing in Africa: Towards an African Epistemology aims to provide some knowledge towards the achievement of exactly that type of police service delivery. In this book the authors present a dialectic of African preference and northern epistemology, and aim for synthesis between the two. The foundational epistemological discourses typical of African continental thinking on matters of community importance are the focal point. The book emphasises the strengthening of policing epistemology through research and people development. This, in turn, aims to bolster policing practices such as the prevention of crime through the ubiquitous quest for community partnerships, peace, conflict resolution and effective resolving of committed crimes."-- Back cover.
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