Globalising the Local

A Genealogy of Sector Policing in South Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4444100
AutoresBill Dixon (0000-0003-2298-5595, Keele University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen21
Número2
Páginas163-182
Fecha de publicación2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0047117807077001
OpenAlexW2127263534
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

A framework for analysing policy transfer developed by David Dolowitz and David Marsh has begun to attract the attention of criminologists interested in understanding how crime policies travel. This article uses this framework to assist in tracing the genealogy of a style of local, geographically responsible `sector' policing which is currently being implemented by the South African Police Service. After locating sector policing as a distinctive approach within the broader tradition of community policing, the article considers the origins and development of geographically responsible policing in Great Britain and the United States before focusing on its adoption and adaptation in post-apartheid South Africa. Answers to the seven questions suggested by Dolowitz and Marsh's framework are then sought in an effort to understand more fully the genealogy of sector policing in South Africa and the role of international policy transfer in it

Community policing · Criminology · Economics · Economy · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · Service (business) · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · History · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Public Policy and Administration Research