... responses to police sexual violence in South Africa. Findings We find that about 100–130 police officers are reported for rape by their respective police agencies to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) every year. The analyses of the disciplinary pipeline reveal that a small...

...Francis D. Boateng; Jihye Yoo Lee Purpose Given the tumultuous history of policing in South Africa, the historic relationship between the police and the public, and the continuous rising crime rates, it is perplexing that little quantitative research has been conducted on legitimacy and the SAPS...

...Sanja Kutnjak Ivković; Adri Sauerman Purpose – Following the theory of police integrity, the purpose of this paper is to explore empirically the contours of police integrity in South Africa using survey of the three South African police agency types. Design/methodology/approach – During...

... (SAPS) non‐commissioned officers throughout Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa. Findings Overall, the data present a mixed picture of integrity in the SAPS. The current study is certainly suggestive that the SAPS faces serious challenges to establishing and sustaining integrity...

... of silence among the line officers. Originality/value Empirical studies of police officers in South Africa are rare. Despite the extensive efforts at reforming the SAPS, the SAPS seem to continue to be integrity‐challenged. This empirical research focuses on the code of silence, a key element of police...

... African police members. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were distributed to African (n=197) and white (n=222) ranked police members in the North West Province of South Africa. Hierarchical multiple regression and moderated multiple regression analyses were used to analyse...

... and increased distance from old acquaintances: South Africa Police Gender Training methods With the advent of the National Peace Accord in 1991, The Republic of South Africa, for the first time in its history, established a democratic and representative government for the entire citizenry. One...

... within South Africa, supplemented with the legislative origins of the integration of GIS within policing in South Africa. Various spatial analytic operations that GIS technology affords are highlighted to illustrate the potential that the technology offers to law enforcement agencies in South Africa...

...Sebastiaan Rothmann Purpose The purpose of this paper was to assess the expectations of policing of citizens and police members in South Africa and to determine citizens' perceptions of the police. Design/methodology/approach The paper shows a cross‐sectional survey design was used. Stratified...