Evaluation of crime prevention partnership between the local South African Police Service and Mankweng policing area residents

Raesetja Martha Malatji and Mpho Mark Matlala
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Raesetja Martha Malatji: South African Police Service and Strategic Management, South Africa
Mpho Mark Matlala: Senior Lecturer, School of Law, Department of Police Practice, University of South Africa, Muckleneuk. South Africa

Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 2025, vol. 12, issue 1, 402-410

Abstract: Crime prevention by the local South African Police Service (SAPS) remains an impossible mandate. Their sole operations cannot holistically prevent crime, without the help of community members. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the crime prevention partnership between the SAPS and Mankweng policing area residents. This qualitative study adopted phenomenography research design to purposively evaluate perceptions of Twenty (20) community members and Five (05) SAPS Senior Management, Commissioned Officers; attached to the Mankweng Police Station. The semi-structured face-to-face interviews were used for data collections, with the adoption of phenomenological data analysis. This study established that poor-working partnership and poor-communication between the SAPS and community members often result in lower public confidence and trust on the police, further denting their image. The community members perceptions are negative, increasing the personal safety and fear of crime in the Mankweng policing area. It is recommended that collaborative efforts should be staged to enhance the failing relationship. Training should be introduced to positively contributes to improvement of the Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) in the study location.

Keywords: Crime prevention; Evaluation; Holding of power; Mankweng policing area; South African Police Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15804584

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