RT Article
T1 Research and the police in South Africa: the case of a violent, unequal, post-authoritarian democracy
JF Introduction to policing research
SP 141
OP 158
A1 Faull, Andrew
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1924650339
AB This chapter offers insight into the nature, experience and impact of police-related research in South Africa, a demographically diverse, upper-middle-income democracy characterised by extreme inequality and violent crime. It is a post-authoritarian state struggling to reform its police while grappling with an oppressive past. The pressure to decolonise and democratise knowledge, and question how and by whom it is created, remain prescient. But it is also a country where fear of crime saturates daily life, fuelling a largely unmet expectation that police will bring safety. Against this background, research on South African police has a long, if not consistently impactful, history. Taking this into account, this chapter highlights the importance of context in police research and explores the practicalities, ethics and impact of research on and with police in South Africa.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 155-158
SN 9781032232522