Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha
Only rarely do inquiries into policing investigate the social context within which it takes place. This article looks at two inquiries which chose to take on this task: Lord Scarman’s into the Brixton Disorders in London in April 1981; and Justice Catherine O’Regan and Advocate Vusumzi Pikoli’s int...
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| description | Only rarely do inquiries into policing investigate the social context within which it takes place. This article looks at two inquiries which chose to take on this task: Lord Scarman’s into the Brixton Disorders in London in April 1981; and Justice Catherine O’Regan and Advocate Vusumzi Pikoli’s into the current state of policing in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. It argues that they should be applauded for doing so but draws attention to how difficult it can be to persuade governments to address the deep-rooted social and economic problems associated with crises in policing rather than focus on reforming the police institution, its policies, procedures and practices. |
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| spelling | nottingham-316382020-05-04T20:07:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31638/ Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha Dixon, Bill Only rarely do inquiries into policing investigate the social context within which it takes place. This article looks at two inquiries which chose to take on this task: Lord Scarman’s into the Brixton Disorders in London in April 1981; and Justice Catherine O’Regan and Advocate Vusumzi Pikoli’s into the current state of policing in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape. It argues that they should be applauded for doing so but draws attention to how difficult it can be to persuade governments to address the deep-rooted social and economic problems associated with crises in policing rather than focus on reforming the police institution, its policies, procedures and practices. Institute for Security Studies 2015-09 Article PeerReviewed Dixon, Bill (2015) Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha. South African Crime Quarterly, 53 . pp. 5-14. ISSN 1991-3877 http://www.ajol.info/index.php/sacq/article/view/123291 doi:10.4314/sacq.v53i1.1 doi:10.4314/sacq.v53i1.1 |
| spellingShingle | Dixon, Bill Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha |
| title | Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha |
| title_full | Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha |
| title_fullStr | Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha |
| title_short | Making further inquiries: policing in context in Brixton and Khayelitsha |
| title_sort | making further inquiries: policing in context in brixton and khayelitsha |
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