Integrity Among Non-commissioned Officials of the South African Police Service, Gauteng Province

Integrity Among Non-commissioned Officials of the South African Police Service, Gauteng Province
Author: Salome Reyneke-Tarbitt
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2011
Genre:
ISBN:

Establishing a police culture of integrity is a key ingredient of democratic policing. This research explores the presence of integrity of non-commissioned officials within the SAPS. Some of the findings indicate that a non-trivial percentage of respondents did not recognize even the most severe forms of police corruption as violations of official rules. The study found that the seriousness of the transgression was strongly related to the willingness to report as well as the level of discipline.

Police Integrity in South Africa

Police Integrity in South Africa
Author: Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2020-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1317266900

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 order, the new government faced the significant challenge of transforming the South African police force into a democratic police agency—the South African Police Service (SAPS)—that would provide unbiased policing to all the country’s people. More than two decades since the initiation of the reforms, it appears that the SAPS has rapidly developed a reputation as a police agency beset by challenges to its integrity. This book offers a unique perspective by providing in-depth analyses of police integrity in South Africa. It is a case study that systematically and empirically explores the contours of police integrity in a young democracy. Using the organizational theory of police integrity, the book analyzes the complex set of historical, legal, political, social, and economic circumstances shaping police integrity. A discussion of the theoretical framework is accompanied by the results of a nationwide survey of nearly 900 SAPS officers, probing their familiarity with official rules, their expectations of discipline within the SAPS, and their willingness to report misconduct. The book also examines the influence of the respondents’ race, gender, and supervisory status on police integrity. Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars of criminology, policing, sociology, political science, as well as to police administrators interested in expanding their knowledge about police integrity and enhancing it in their organizations.

Exploring Police Integrity

Exploring Police Integrity
Author: Sanja Kutnjak Ivković
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2019-11-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030290654

This work provides an innovative new look at police ethics, including results from an updated version of the classic Police Integrity Questionnaire, including new social and technological advances. It aims to push the study of police research further, expanding on and testing police integrity theory and methodology, the relationship between community and integrity, and the influence of multiculturalism and globalization on policing and community attitudes. This work brings together experienced scholars who have used the police integrity theory and the accompanying methodology to measure police integrity in eleven countries, and provide advance and sophisticated explorations of the topic. Organized into three thematic sections, it explores the testing methodology for international comparisons, insights into police-community relations, and explores police subcultures. This innovative book will be of interest to researchers in criminology & criminal justice, particularly with an interest in policing, as well as related fields such as sociology, public policy, and comparative law.

Inside View

Inside View
Author: Andrew Faull
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2011
Genre: Crime
ISBN:

"This paper describes and compares three case studies conducted at Gauteng police stations in 2009. It asks whether and how the Corruption and Fraud Prevention Plan of the South African Police Service (SAPS) was being implemented at these stations. It does so by comparing members' perceptions and experiences of the manner in which corruption, fraud and integrity management manifested within SAPS stations in 2009. It also examines perceptions of police corruption, and the causal factors that may influence the prevalence or control of corruption and integrity violations. The paper then considers these findings within a framework of organisational culture and considers how such a culture contributes towards the prevention of corruption"--Publisher's description.

Danger in Police Culture

Danger in Police Culture
Author: Gráinne Perkins
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1837531145

Through ethnographic research in South Africa, this book explores the lived experiences of police navigating danger and death.

The Contours of Police Integrity

The Contours of Police Integrity
Author: Carl B. Klockars
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2004
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0761925864

Presenting a comprehensive overview of the potential for police misconduct worldwide, leading criminal justice scholars have compiled survey and case data from 10 countries chronicling police integrity and misconduct.

An Audit of Police Oversight in Africa

An Audit of Police Oversight in Africa
Author: African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum
Publisher: African Minds
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2008
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1920299173

"African Policing Civilian Oversight Forum."

Ethics and Professionalism

Ethics and Professionalism
Author: J. S. H. Gildenhuys
Publisher: AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1919980032

Immoral, unethical conduct of politicians and public officials is a global scourge of the present day. The South African government is leading the battle against corruption in the public sector, and it must be supported by officials educated to recognise, and enabled to combat, every appearance of this pestilence. Ethics and Professionalism is essential equipment for such education. Having been constructed on the principles of knowledge progression and outcomes-based education, it sets out explaining the meaning of ethics and its importance for public officials.