In recent years, women and leaders have increasingly been identified as key players in the
project of achieving organizational change in policing. This article provides a conceptual …

This paper examines the evolution of policing in the townships of Cape Town in the context
of a neo-liberalising city. Policing is situated in relation to the shifting meaning of security …

Dominant discourse conceptualises leadership in the police as a rank-neutral activity.
Despite the growing body of academic work in police leadership studies, critical analysis of …

In recent years, there has been a revival in scholarly interest in police militarisation.
However, the debates about the impact of this phenomenon on society and governance …

Despite a number of initiatives aimed at improving the representation and progression of
women in the police service in England and Wales, the number of women in leadership …

In England and Wales, despite having cracked the glass ceiling in policing, the number of
women holding leadership positions remains disappointingly low. Drawing on data from …

The discourse emerging from the professionalisation agenda focuses on a drive for new and
diverse knowledge. The Direct Entry (DE) scheme in England and Wales is one practice that …

The South African government has embarked on a programme of encouraging social
cohesion in South Africa first to address concerns stemming from high levels of violent crime …

Introduction Peel's principles might not be pub chat, or in the context of the police that should
perhaps be 'canteen chat', but they have developed a mythical quality. They appear on …

Despite the end of white minority rule and the transition to parliamentary democracy,
Johannesburg remains haunted by its tortured history of racial segregation and burdened by …