Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Work and family constitutes the dominant life roles for most adults in contemporary society. In that, work may be interrupted by family and family may be interrupted by work. Work often generates ambivalent feelings; it can create both positive feelings (e.g. gives energy, enables development) and negative feelings (e.g. lack of freedom). Therefore, most people accept the overall life experiences including the various dimensions or domains that play a role in work-personal life interaction, such as, time spent on one domain, pressures experienced, responsibilities carried, sense of loyalty with work and family, as common and conflicting aspects. Recent developments in boundary theory highlighted the fact that integrating, or rather interaction means bordering between the two domains of work and personal life is permeable. The main objective of this study was to investigate work-personal life interaction (WPLI) experiences of Setswana speaking police officials. This study also concentrated on the existence of work-personal life interaction, aspects involved, consequences thereof and coping mechanisms employed by the police officers. A non-probability purposive voluntary sample (n = 12) was taken of Setswana speaking police officials from the Mafikeng area in the North West Province. Data collection was done through a phenomenological method of semi-structured in-depth interviews. Content analysis was used to analyse, quantify and interpret the research data systematically and objectively. Results from the content analysis based on the experiences were recorded as reported. The results indicated that there was a definite interaction between work and personal life. However, some police officials experienced interaction more than others. Furthermore, they also experienced the interaction to be more negative than positive due to organisational stressors and the management style of the organisation. Consequently the participants experienced high levels of strain and difficulty when managing their time and dealing with the interaction between their work and personal lives. The time and strain difficulties induced a lot of conflict in their homes as well as their social lives. However, there were some police officials who experienced positive aspects in their lives regardless of the difficulties of being a police official. In addition, it was identified that they made use of coping mechanisms that acted as a buffer against negative experiences of WPLI. Recommendations were made for both the organisation and for future practice. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Work and family constitutes the dominant life roles for most adults in contemporary society. In that, work may be interrupted by family and family may be interrupted by work. Work often generates ambivalent feelings; it can create both positive feelings (e.g. gives energy, enables development) and negative feelings (e.g. lack of freedom). Therefore, most people accept the overall life experiences including the various dimensions or domains that play a role in work-personal life interaction, such as, time spent on one domain, pressures experienced, responsibilities carried, sense of loyalty with work and family, as common and conflicting aspects. Recent developments in boundary theory highlighted the fact that integrating, or rather interaction means bordering between the two domains of work and personal life is permeable. The main objective of this study was to investigate work-personal life interaction (WPLI) experiences of Setswana speaking police officials. This study also concentrated on the existence of work-personal life interaction, aspects involved, consequences thereof and coping mechanisms employed by the police officers. A non-probability purposive voluntary sample (n = 12) was taken of Setswana speaking police officials from the Mafikeng area in the North West Province. Data collection was done through a phenomenological method of semi-structured in-depth interviews. Content analysis was used to analyse, quantify and interpret the research data systematically and objectively. Results from the content analysis based on the experiences were recorded as reported. The results indicated that there was a definite interaction between work and personal life. However, some police officials experienced interaction more than others. Furthermore, they also experienced the interaction to be more negative than positive due to organisational stressors and the management style of the organisation. Consequently the participants experienced high levels of strain and difficulty when managing their time and dealing with the interaction between their work and personal lives. The time and strain difficulties induced a lot of conflict in their homes as well as their social lives. However, there were some police officials who experienced positive aspects in their lives regardless of the difficulties of being a police official. In addition, it was identified that they made use of coping mechanisms that acted as a buffer against negative experiences of WPLI. Recommendations were made for both the organisation and for future practice. / Thesis (M.A. (Industrial Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

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Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-10-04T13:43:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 BALTAZAR DONIZETE DE SOUZA.pdf: 1530918 bytes, checksum: b6db561ee5e0bbacc57c98806558c942 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-04T13:43:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BALTAZAR DONIZETE DE SOUZA.pdf: 1530918 bytes, checksum: b6db561ee5e0bbacc57c98806558c942 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-08-01 / This dissertation is a study of the formation course taken by police officers at the Goiás Military Police Academy. It aims at suggesting changes in the military police 20 curriculum, in particular in the military language of the curriculum and pedagogical practice of the instructors – and in the pedagogical terminology of the teachers. So it is hoped to find ways to develop a proposal for a more humane and better-qualified police force, in response to the demands of today’s world. The academic and scientific importance of this study, in accompanying the curricular and pedagogical changes in military police formation, aimed at forming professionals with the profile of officers who can more humanely guarantee the safety of the population, without using the physical and symbolic repression of the Ideological State Apparatus, shows its relevance. This study is theoretically based on research covering the organization of the State and its re-adaptation from the point of view of Faoro (2001), with criticism of the adoption of Minimal State Involvement. The ideological apparatus of the state is examined according to the theories of Althusser (1970), the history of the military institution and its teaching according to Lara (1986), Skidmore (1988), Ludwig (1998), Germano (2000) and Gaspari (2002). The historical review and evaluation of police and police education at the Academy was carried out by means of analysis of documents and of the curricular proposals of Academies from other States, as well as from Goiás. Emphasis was given to the curricula of this course, throughout its history, from the foundation of the Academy in 1940 up to the present day. In addition, the theoretical basis covers the history of curriculum presented by Luzuriaga (1946), Brzezinski (1987), Silva (1989), Pacheco (1996), Doll (1997), Moreira (1999), Roldão (1999), Libâneo (2000) and Silva (2001), among others. The research uses qualitative methodology in the form of a case study. The field work was carried out through observation and interviews, with pre-structured questions. A random selection of informants was made of former commandants/former directors of the Academy, former instructors and teachers, present instructors and teachers, officers formed by the Academy in the 1992-2001 period and present students attending the police officer formation course for the last two years. From the data obtained, the theoretical basis and the records of observation and the interviews carried out, it can be concluded that the curriculum practice and the teaching/learning process undertaken today at the Goiás Miliary Academy, unlike that used during the military regime, is centered on the student and his/her experience. Another relevant conclusion was confirmation of the military character of the institution, that is, the Goiás Military Police give more emphasis to disciplinary issues, particularly in what concerns the hierarchy and organization of the academic sphere. It was also seen that the present curriculum of the Goiás Military Police Academy reflects sociopolitical changes in the profile of the subjects it offers, thereby assuming a more civil than military character. The research also allows one to conclude that the Academy, in its formation of police officers, has not adopted one single pedagogical theory. Rather, it uses a combination of Comte and Herbart’s positivist theory and of Dewey’s progressivism. / A presente dissertação consta de um estudo sobre o curso de formação de oficiais da Academia de Polícia Militar do Estado de Goiás. Tem o propósito de sugerir mudanças no ensino policial militar, especialmente, no currículo e na prática pedagógica dos instrutores - linguagem militar – e dos professores - terminologia pedagógica. Pretendemos, pois, encontrar caminhos para desenvolver uma proposta de formação de oficiais mais humanitária e melhor qualificada, concernente às exigências do mundo contemporâneo. A relevância desta investigação encontra-se em sua dimensão acadêmico-científica ao acompanhar as mudanças curriculares e pedagógicas do ensino policial militar, tendo em vista a exigência de formar profissionais com um perfil de oficial que possa garantir a segurança da população civil, com ações mais humanas, sem o uso de repressão física e simbólica desse Aparelho Ideológico do Estado. O referencial teórico está fundamentado em estudos que abrangem a organização do Estado e sua refuncionalização, sob a ótica de Faoro (2001), com críticas à adoção do Estado Mínimo. Os aparelhos ideológicos do estado são vistos sob a teorização de Althusser (1970); a história da instituição militar e de seu ensino segundo Lara (1986), Skidimore (1988), Ludwig (1998), Germano (2000), Gaspari (2002) e outros. A revisão histórica e a conceituação de polícia e de ensino policial na Academia foram realizadas por meio da 19 análise documental e das propostas curriculares da APM de outros Estados e da APM de Goiás. Damos ênfase aos currículos desse curso, ao longo de sua história, desde a criação da APM, em 1940, até ao que se encontra em vigor. Ainda, o referencial teórico abrange a história de currículo sustentada em Luzuriaga (1946), Brzezinski (1987), Silva (1989), Pacheco (1996), Doll (1997), Moreira (1999), Roldão (1999), Libâneo (2000) e Silva (2001). A metodologia da pesquisa é qualitativa, sob a forma de estudo de caso. A pesquisa de campo deu-se mediante observação e entrevistas, com roteiro pré-estruturado. Os informantes foram selecionados por amostra aleatória, entre os ex-comandantes/ex-diretores da APM, exinstrutores e ex-professores, atuais instrutores e atuais professores, oficiais egressos formados na APM, no período compreendido entre 1992 a 2001 e alunos que estão freqüentando o curso de formação de oficiais, nos dois últimos anos. Diante dos dados obtidos, do referencial teórico, do registro das observações e das entrevistas realizadas, é possível concluir que as práticas curriculares e o processo ensino-aprendizagem hoje desenvolvido pela APMGO, contrariamente ao que ocorria durante o regime militar, vêm se centrando mais no aluno e nas suas experiências. Outra conclusão relevante refere-se à confirmação do caráter militar da instituição, qual seja, a PMGO dá maior ênfase aos aspectos disciplinares, notadamente no que diz respeito à hierarquia e à organização do ambiente acadêmico. Constatou-se que a atual grade curricular da APMGO reflete as mudanças sócio-políticas no perfil das disciplinas ministradas, assumindo caráter mais civil do que militar. A pesquisa permite concluir que a Academia não adota uma única teoria pedagógica na formação do oficial, traduzindo-se, entretanto, com maior preponderância, uma conjugação entre a teoria positivista de Comte, Herbart e a teoria progressivista de Dewey.

PhDA / Department of Development Studies

The aim of this study was to established whether police officials in Area Soweto understand the affirmative action that is taking place within the SAPS. A literature study on affirmative action was done and a questionnare generated. An imperical study was done by questionnaire on the trans formation that has taken place within the SAPS from 1994 to 2000. The sample of 300 members was taken out of the eight identified police stations in Soweto. It was established that police officials in soweto do no understand affirmative action and its implementation within the SAPS in Soweto. Most of them were uncertain in ther reponse to the questions asked. Recommendations are made for the SAPS to teach members about affirmative action and its consequences within this organisation for affirmative action to succeed. / Penology / M.A. (Police Science)

The research question of this study is to determine what circumstances and conditions contribute to deaths in police cells. The study was undertaken in order to establish the causes of deaths in police cells and the factors which contribute thereto, as well as to determine the best international practices to prevent deaths in police cells. The literature was reviewed in order to establish the extent to which this phenomenon has been researched in South Africa and in other countries and to determine the regulatory framework related thereto. The researcher had collected data from the dockets relating to deaths in police cells which were kept at the IPID provincial offices in Gauteng and Limpopo. The data were collected by using the docket analysis schedule and were categorised into themes during the analysis process. Four cause of deaths in police cells were identified, namely, suicide, natural causes, assault by fellow detainees and injuries which were sustained prior to detention. Suicide is the leading cause of deaths. The second leading causes of deaths in police cells are natural causes and assault by fellow detainees. Deaths as a result of injuries sustained prior to detention came third. The most common ligatures which were used to commit suicide are shoe-laces, belts and strips torn from clothing and bedding items. The preferred ligature points are the burglar proof bars on cell windows. Booted feet and hands were the most common instruments used to inflict fatal injuries on the detainees. It was also found that police officials are generally not complying fully with the standing orders which regulate the management of people who are detained in police cells. The failure of police officials to comply fully with the standing orders on custody in police cells contributed to the deaths of detainees in police cells. Recommendations are made to prevent the deaths of detainees in police cells. / Police Practice / M. Tech. (Policing)

The aim of this study was to established whether police officials in Area Soweto understand the affirmative action that is taking place within the SAPS. A literature study on affirmative action was done and a questionnare generated. An imperical study was done by questionnaire on the trans formation that has taken place within the SAPS from 1994 to 2000. The sample of 300 members was taken out of the eight identified police stations in Soweto. It was established that police officials in soweto do no understand affirmative action and its implementation within the SAPS in Soweto. Most of them were uncertain in ther reponse to the questions asked. Recommendations are made for the SAPS to teach members about affirmative action and its consequences within this organisation for affirmative action to succeed. / Penology / M.A. (Police Science)

The research question of this study is to determine what circumstances and conditions contribute to deaths in police cells. The study was undertaken in order to establish the causes of deaths in police cells and the factors which contribute thereto, as well as to determine the best international practices to prevent deaths in police cells. The literature was reviewed in order to establish the extent to which this phenomenon has been researched in South Africa and in other countries and to determine the regulatory framework related thereto. The researcher had collected data from the dockets relating to deaths in police cells which were kept at the IPID provincial offices in Gauteng and Limpopo. The data were collected by using the docket analysis schedule and were categorised into themes during the analysis process. Four cause of deaths in police cells were identified, namely, suicide, natural causes, assault by fellow detainees and injuries which were sustained prior to detention. Suicide is the leading cause of deaths. The second leading causes of deaths in police cells are natural causes and assault by fellow detainees. Deaths as a result of injuries sustained prior to detention came third. The most common ligatures which were used to commit suicide are shoe-laces, belts and strips torn from clothing and bedding items. The preferred ligature points are the burglar proof bars on cell windows. Booted feet and hands were the most common instruments used to inflict fatal injuries on the detainees. It was also found that police officials are generally not complying fully with the standing orders which regulate the management of people who are detained in police cells. The failure of police officials to comply fully with the standing orders on custody in police cells contributed to the deaths of detainees in police cells. Recommendations are made to prevent the deaths of detainees in police cells. / Police Practice / M. Tech. (Policing)