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Description
Often overlooked by journalists and scholars, the police forces of the African continents are a significant and little-studied phenomenon. This book seeks to redress that lacuna. The studies span the continent, from South Africa to Sierra Leone, keeping a strong ethnographic focus on police officers and their work.
About the Author
Jan Beek is a researcher at AFRASO, Frankfurt. Mirco Gopfert has a PhD in anthropology from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Olly Owen is research fellow at Oxford University's Department of International Development and Jonny Steinberg is Associate Professor in African Criminology at Oxford University.