Inside view on police misconduct in South Africa
This seminar launches a new study on why police integrity remains such a problem in the country.
Despite numerous efforts to improve police integrity over the past three decades, evidence suggests that levels of police misconduct remain unacceptably high. Reports of police involvement in organised crime, corruption and violent abuses abound. Why is this?
A detailed empirical study carried out between 2011 and 2019 provides answers. Drawing on a nationwide survey of nearly 900 South African Police Service officials, the research reveals the factors that contribute to police misconduct. This seminar launches a new book that analyses and builds on the survey results, offering unprecedented insight into the forces and attitudes shaping police conduct today.
Police Integrity in South Africa is written by Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich, Adri Sauerman, Andrew Faull, Michael E Meyer, and Gareth Newham, and published by Routledge in May 2020.
Chair: Dr Andrew Faull, Senior Researcher, Justice and Violence Prevention, ISS
Speakers:
Prof Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich, School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, US
Kavisha Pillay, Head, Stakeholder Relations and Campaigns, Corruption Watch, South Africa
