Mark Shaw is a research fellow in the Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, and former director of President Mandela's special government unit on crime and justice.
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Preliminary Table of Contents: Introduction 1. A Criminal State 2. The Politics of Police Change 3. Confronting the Violent Society 4. The Rise of Organised Crime 5. Public Reactions to Insecurity 6. The Impact of Private Policing 7. Assessing State Responses 8. Conclusion: Options and Prospects
"Shaw has written a short but very concise treatment of crime and law enforcement policies in post-apartheid South Africa. In the preface, Shaw asks .. how could a police force like that of the apartheid order, which was such an effective instrument in the defense of the old system, seem so powerless in the face of rising lawlessness? From the mid 1990s to the present, the state of South Africa has experienced a crime wave that threatens not only the nation's democratic institutions, but also its very survival as a geopolitical entity. Shaw draws upon his wide experience in law enforcement positions in South Africa, including the Center for Policy Studies in Johannesburg, the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, and the South African Department of Safety and Security. This work not only illuminates the criminogenic aspects of South African society today, but international dimensions of South African crime as well. Upper-division undergraduates and above.February 2003"-J. C. Watkins, Jr., University of Alabama