This book explores how social and territorial boundaries have influenced the approaches and practices of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS).

Guy Lamb is a Criminologist with the Department of Political Science at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Between 2012 and 2020 he was the Director of the Safety and Violence Initiative at the University of Cape Town. Prior to this he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Security Studies (2006-2012), and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (2000-2005). He has undertaken research and published on policing, violence reduction, urban safety, policing and peace-building issues in Africa for more than 20 years. He has worked with numerous governments and various United Nations agencies on violence and security issues.

Introduction

1. Boundaries, the police and police work: A conceptualisation

2. Policing and boundaries in South African prior to 1948

3. The South African Police and the Policing of Apartheid

4. Violent crime, firearms and post-apartheid police work

5. Public Order Policing

6. SAPS high-density policing operations

7. COVID and policing in South Africa

8. Conclusion