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Criminology / M. Tech. (Policing)

Criminology and Security Science / M. Tech. (Policing)

It is imperative to have quality assurance processes in place in division training to provide quality training to enable members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) to provide quality services to communities within their area of jurisdiction. The aim of the study was to determine the presence of and the need for implementation of effective quality assurance processes in education and training in the South African Police Service (SAPS). The concepts quality and quality assurance were explained in the literature review. Questionnaires were completed by the trainers in the South African Police Service (SAPS) at various training centers in the Northern Cape Province. The researcher advocates to promote and enhance quality assurance in education and training programmes in the South African Police Service (SAPS). Therefore, it is recommended that quality assurance programmes be introduced based on total quality management system for continuous improvement which can provide any training programme with a set of “tools” to meet and exceed the present needs and expectations of the adult learners in the South African Police Service (SAPS) context. / Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Education Management)

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) is a component of the South African Police Service (SAPS). The Questioned Document Unit (QDU) is a section within the FSL. It has been practice in the QDU to recruit members of the SAPS for training as Questioned Document Examiners within the FSL. Although the SAPS has a policy on education, training and development, it is not applied. Even after the establishment of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) and the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), the QDU and the rest of the FSL continued their training practices at the workplace outside the outcomes-based paradigm. As part of standard practice, the FSL has taken content experts (forensic analysts) and turned them into trainers. These forensic experts had no training qualifications and little or no facilitation skills. Their knowledge of outcomes-based education (OBE) and adult learning was also either inadequate or non-existent. This shortcoming has influenced the quality of learning in this environment. In 2004 the Forensic Science Laboratory began to give some members an opportunity to be trained as trainers, assessors and moderators of learning. However, this has been a disjointed effort. Generally, learners have had to endure a frustrating period of more than four years of internal training before being certified as competent to act as examiners. Before 1994 the QDU employed mostly white personnel as examiners. Most black personnel still occupy the lower salary levels amongst examiners. There are no black trainers. At present (2006) in the FSL, the tendency is that white personnel hold senior positions and black personnel are juniors. There is covert racial tension among the members. In the QDU, the training manager has always been a trainer as well. In the training environment at the QDU there have been obvious problems, namely – 􀂾���������� poor practice of OBE and adult learning; 􀂾���������� relationship problems between trainer and learners; 􀂾���������� distrust and a lack of communication and dialogue between trainer and learners; and 􀂾���������� underlying racial tension. The action research process on which we (the learners, training manager and I) embarked was aimed at – 􀂾���������� opening dialogue/communication between the training manager and learners; 􀂾���������� increasing learner participation in the process; and 􀂾���������� providing the opportunity for both the learners and the training manager to increase their knowledge of adult learning and OBE. We hoped that by making the entire action research process transparent we could create a platform for the learners and the training manager to build relationships in order to bring about an improvement in learning practice. We used an action research process that included participation by both the learners and the training manager. Change occurs within the action component of the action research process, while the research component is meant to generate knowledge. We used a cyclic method that entailed stages of planning, action, observation and reflection. Continuity was achieved by the reflection stage of one cycle informing the planning stage of the next. The action research process used in this setting has supported the existing theory and assumptions that adult learners want to participate, be involved in decision-making, and learn by doing. It has also shown that they are critically aware. The learning practice at the QDU has improved. The action research process that took place at the unit can serve as a powerful case study for trainers who endeavour to improve practice in other environments. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Forensiesewetenskapslaboratorium (FWL) is 'n komponent van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens (SAPD), terwyl die Betwistedokumente-Eenheid (BDE) ʼn afdeling binne die FWL is. Sedert die stigting van die BDE was dit algemene praktyk om lede van die SAPD te werf en hulle binne die FWL as eksaminatore van die BDE op te lei. Alhoewel die SAPD ʼn beleid het ten opsigte van onderwys, opleiding en ontwikkeling, word dit nie toegepas nie. Selfs ná die totstandkoming van die Suid-Afrikaanse Kwalifikasieowerheid (SAKO) en die Nasionale Kwalifikasieraamwerk (NKR), het die BDE en die res van die FWL hul werkgebaseerde opleidingspraktyke buite die paradigma van uitkomsgebaseerde onderwys voortgesit. Die FWL het tot dusver forensiese skeikundiges in opleiers omskep. Hulle het geen kwalifikasies in opleiding gehad nie en hul kennis van uitkomsgebaseerde onderwys (UGO) en volwasseneleer, asook hulle fasiliteringsvaardighede, was onvoldoende. In sommige gevalle het dit geheel en al ontbreek. Hierdie tekortkoming het ʼn nadelige invloed op die gehalte van leer gehad. Onlangs (2004) het die FWL begin om sommige polisielede die geleentheid te bied om as opleiers, assessors en moderators van leer opgelei te word, maar hierdie pogings is nog nooit behoorlik gestruktureer nie. Binne die huidige opset is daar leerders wat meer as vier jaar interne opleiding moes ondergaan voor hulle as bevoeg gesertifiseer is om as opleiers op te tree. Die BDE het in die verlede meesal wit personeel in diens geneem as eksaminatore. Die meeste van die swart eksaminatore in die BDE is op die laer salarisvlakke, en daar is geen swart opleiers nie. Tans (2006) is daar hoofsaaklik wit personeel in die seniorposte in die FWL, met die swart personeel meesal in juniorposte. Daar is onderliggende rassespanning onder die lede. In die BDE was die opleidingsbestuurder nog altyd ook ʼn opleier. Die volgende probleme is in die opleidingsomgewing van die BDE geïdentifiseer: 􀂾��������� swak praktyk t.o.v. UGO en volwasseneleer; 􀂾��������� troebel verhoudings tussen die opleier en die leerders; 􀂾��������� wantroue en gebrekkige kommunikasie en dialoog tussen die opleier en die leerders; en 􀂾��������� onderliggende rassespanning. Die aksienavorsingsproses wat ons (ek, die leerders en die opleidingsbestuurder) aangepak het was daarop gemik om – 􀂾��������� dialoog/kommunikasie tussen die opleidingsbestuurder en die leerders te vestig; 􀂾��������� leerderdeelname in die proses te verhoog; en 􀂾��������� vir beide die leerders en die opleidingsbestuurder die geleentheid te bied om hul kennis van volwasseneleer en UGO uit te brei. Deur die hele aksienavorsingsproses deursigtig te maak, het ons gehoop om vir alle rolspelers ʼn geleentheid te skep om verhoudinge te bou ten einde ʼn verbetering in die leerpraktyk teweeg te bring. ʼn Aksienavorsingsproses is aangewend wat deelname deur beide die leerders en die opleidingsbestuurder ingesluit het. In aksienavorsing vind verandering binne die aksiekomponent van die proses plaas, terwyl die navorsingskomponent daarop gemik is om kennis vir die deelnemers – en as deel van die proses self – te genereer. Ons het ʼn sikliese metode gebruik wat beplanning, handeling, waarneming en refleksie behels het. Kontinuïteit is verseker deurdat die refleksiestadium van een siklus die basis gelê het vir die beplanningstadium van die volgende. Die aksienavorsingsproses wat in hierdie opset gebruik is, het die bestaande teorie en aannames ondersteun dat volwasse leerders wil deelneem, dat hulle by besluitneming betrokke wil wees, dat hulle wil leer deur te doen, en dat daar ‘n groter kritiese bewussyn is. Die leerpraktyk aan die BDE het verbeter. Die aksienavorsingsproses aan die BDE kan ʼn betekenisvolle gevallestudie wees vir diegene wat poog om hul praktyk in ander omgewings te verbeter.

This study consists of two parts, the completed videotape production and the production book. The videotape explores the history, organizational structure, and training requirements of the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Department of Public Safety. A copy of the videotape is shelved in the North Texas State University Media Center Library. The production book describes background preproduction, production, and postproduction of the videotape. Problems, their effects, and solutions are described. The study concludes that an effective videotape can be produced in-house with limited time, equipment, and personnel, at a cost far less than commercially produced films. The study makes specific recommendations for guidelines and planning of future productions.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Francisco Tsucana.pdf: 5935515 bytes, checksum: 999917d252c07890f737ed9d9ee43ce6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-04-29 / This research is focused on the relationship between theory and practice in the course of higher education of police officers given by the Academy of Police Sciences (ACIPOL) of Mozambique. Starting from the concern that the training offered by ACIPOL has been predominantly theoretical, methodological procedures used in teaching practice do not establish a connection with actual police practices; this study promotes, through supervised traineeship and pre-professionals practices, the relationship between the theoretical and practical skills training. Based on fundamentals of critical and reflective pedagogy , this study has used both quantitative and qualitative research tools to investigate a group of the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM) officers in active, collecting their opinions and perceptions on issues affecting officer training offered by ACIPOL. As a result, this study raises the proposition that the courses should have a basic core training that is not simply structured around disciplines that finished passing along content, but be able to transform the current organization of scientific areas into learning axles, properly integrated and articulated with theoretical underpinnings and skills required for future professional role of learners. This implies a new conception of the learning activities, the training process, the training spaces and actors / Esta pesquisa foi orientada como um estudo sobre a relação entre a teoria e a prática no curso de formação superior de oficiais da Polícia ministrado pela Academia de Ciências Policiais (ACIPOL) de Moçambique. Partindo da inquietação de que a formação oferecida pela ACIPOL vem sendo predominantemente teórica, os procedimentos metodológicos usados na prática pedagógica não estabelecem uma ligação com as práticas policiais reais, ao presente estudo interessou fundamentar como promover, através do estágio curricular supervisionado e das práticas pré-profissionais, a articulação entre os fundamentos teóricos e as habilidades práticas da formação. Apoiando-se em fundamentos da pedagogia crítica e reflexiva, o presente estudo recorreu a instrumentos quantitativos e qualitativos de pesquisa, para investigar um grupo de oficiais da Polícia da República de Moçambique (PRM) no activo, recolhendo suas opiniões e percepções que afectam a formação de oficiais oferecida pela ACIPOL. Como resultado, o presente estudo levanta a proposição de que os cursos deveriam ter um núcleo básico de formação que não se estruturasse simplesmente em torno de disciplinas que repassassem conteúdos acabados, mas que transformasse a organização actual de áreas científicas em eixos de aprendizagem, devidamente integrados e articulados entre os fundamentos teóricos e as habilidades requeridas para a futura função profissional dos formandos. Isso pressupõe uma nova concepção sobre as actividades formativas, o processo formativo, os espaços de formação e os actores

Na realidade das sociedades ocidentais, marcada pela modernidade tardia, a criminalidade e a violência configuram uma nova questão social mundial. Neste contexto, no Brasil, as polícias, dente as quais, em especial, as militares, possuem papel de extrema importância: passam por dificuldades econômicas, assim como os Estados às quais se vinculam, e éticas – como as sociedades. A crise de 1997, quando em várias Unidades da Federação as PM entraram em greve e os diversos fatos que demonstram atuarem ao arrepio da lei, incluindo a prática de tortura e a violência policial, implicam a necessidade de se repensar essa polícias. O processo de ensino-aprendizagem é um dos aspectos primordiais neste sentido: para conhecê-lo, é fundamental retomar a história das corporações, suas normas legais e relações internas e externas, bem como as articulações que envolvem seus destinos. Em uma análise social da formação dos alunos-oficiais da Brigada Militar cumpre, pois, identificar, a forma de ela se organizar e como e para que a BM pensa a formação de seus quadros de comando. A ambivalência na formação do oficial da Polícia Militar gaúcha fica expressa em um fato recente: a Lei Complementar n° 10.992/97 passa a exigir o título de bacharel em Direito para os futuros capitães, porém setores da Corporação se opõem à medida e, na Academia de Polícia Militar, as disputas entre os alunos e oficiais explicitam esse fato, agravado pela utilização de um método de ensino tradicional que pouco mudou, apesar de o perfil do aluno ingressante ter se alterado profundamente. A Lei objetiva ganhos salariais, projeção social e a adequação a um novo modelo de Polícia, mais preparado para atender aos anseios da sociedade contemporânea, mas encontra resistência naqueles que projetam manter a tradição da Instituição. De toda forma, essa nova exigência para o ingresso na carreira de oficial da Polícia Militar gaúcha, parece, três turmas depois de implementado, estar se tornando realidade definitiva. Necessita, todavia, ser acompanhado de um ensino coerente com suas propostas. / The reality in the western societies is defined by their late industrialization, whereby the criminality and violence are a global issue. In this context, the police force in Brazil, specially the Military Police has a particular significance. Nonetheless, despite of its importance, the Police faces serious economic problems, as well as the federal states, to which they are affiliated. The 1997 crisis – when in several federal unities the Police decided to strike – and the various factors that demonstrated the lack of respect of the Law – including the practice of torture as a main instrument from the police officers – implies the necessity of re-thinking the role of the Police in Brazil. The learning-process is one of the most primordial steps in this direction: to get to know it, it is important to understand the history of such corporations, your legal rules and internal and external relations. In an social analysis of the training of the pupils of the Military Police it is required to identify how the Police organizes itself and for which purpose teaches its students. The ambivalence in the education from police officers in the Military Police in Rio Grande do Sul is expressed by the law n. 10.992/97, which requires for the future police inspector a Baccalaureate in Law. However some sectors in the police force do not agree with this measure and in the Police Academy the disputes between the students and the officers aggravate the tension. The new law aims a betterment of the wages, social status and the re-formulation of the Police, which would be adequate to the necessities of the contemporary society. Notwithstanding, there is still resistance to accept the new rules. The new requisite to entrance in the career of the Military Police in Rio Grande do Sul seems to become a reality. A reality that needs to be followed by an adequate and modern teaching of the police students.

It is imperative to have quality assurance processes in place in division training to provide quality training to enable members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) to provide quality services to communities within their area of jurisdiction. The aim of the study was to determine the presence of and the need for implementation of effective quality assurance processes in education and training in the South African Police Service (SAPS). The concepts quality and quality assurance were explained in the literature review. Questionnaires were completed by the trainers in the South African Police Service (SAPS) at various training centers in the Northern Cape Province. The researcher advocates to promote and enhance quality assurance in education and training programmes in the South African Police Service (SAPS). Therefore, it is recommended that quality assurance programmes be introduced based on total quality management system for continuous improvement which can provide any training programme with a set of “tools” to meet and exceed the present needs and expectations of the adult learners in the South African Police Service (SAPS) context. / Teacher Education / M. Ed. (Education Management)