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Press ReleaseCrossing the Line
by Liza Grobler
When Cops Become Criminals
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POLICE CORRUPTION AND CRIME UNCOVEREDTHE BOOK EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT
2013 sees the prevalence of police corruption in South Africa reaching an all-time high. The real truth on police corruption is hard to come by, since corrupt activities tend to happen in secret and police organisations have little incentive to publish information about corruption. In an attempt to uncover the secrecy, consulting criminologist Liza Grobler brings a book of great significance in South Africa today, Crossing the Line: When Cops become Criminals.
Starting off with a brief focus on international policing agencies, Grobler delves into the vast array of crimes committed by certain members of the SAPS – ranging from bribery and corruption to police brutality, robbery, rape and murder – and includes corrupt officers’ symbiotic relationships with gangs and syndicates. Along with information provided by police offenders, all of whom were incarcerated when the interviews were done, as well as specialists in the field of policing and police criminality, Crossing the Line does not focus only on the types of crimes committed by members of the SAPS, it also looks at the risk factors – both individual and organisational – that contribute to this phenomenon, and the subject of what to do about police crime and corruption in terms of appropriate interventions is also explored at length. This book is a must read, especially in a society in which so many citizens have witnessed police corruption.
Liza Grobler has an honours, master’s and doctorate in Criminology – the latter awarded in 2006. She is currently involved with the Department of Correctional Services doing criminological risk assessments of selected potential parolees for parole boards, and also consults with offenders on parole.
978-1-4314-0812-2 • Paperback • 235x155mm • +200pp • R195.00 • May 2013 • World Rights
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