Strategic Perspectives on Crime and Policing in South Africa

The simple truth is that the police do not prevent crime, and some researchers even refer to this responsibility (of the police) as an "impossible mandate". The most obvious reason for this paradigm is the confusion between the short term activities of the police (proactive policing) which contribute to crime prevention, and crime prevention itself which refers to medium and longer term activities outside the control of the police. This book, therefore, is an attempt to put crime combating, crime prevention and policing in perspective, and to place it within the broader South African national strategic environment. In doing so it endeavours to explain why the 1829 dictum of Sir Robert Peel, that the basic mission of the police is to prevent crime, can no longer be valid. Strategies and skills to promote meaningful and deeplevel learning. Teaches learners to think and then to transfer these skills to develop practical study skills. Includes problem solving and life skills. Written for outcomes-based learning objectives. Contents include the following: • How the brain processes information • Thinking and learning styles to develop underutilised potential • Creative, critical and systematic thinking, and how to form new concepts • Attitude and motivation, goal setting and concentration • Practical study skills like active study methods, memory skills, note taking and summary skills, test and exam preparation, writing skills and methods to study mathematics An attempt to put crime combating, crime preventionand policing in perspective, and to place themwithin the broader South African national strategicenvironment. Discusses why the 1829 dictum that thebasic mission of the police is to prevent crime can nolonger be valid. Johan Burger. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 153-158) And Index.