ANTI-FRAUD TRAINING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE (SAPS): A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE

J. T. Mofokeng; I. de Vries

Article Details

ANTI-FRAUD TRAINING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE (SAPS): A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE

Authors:

J. T. Mofokeng | I. de Vries

Publisher:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Journal:

International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies 2016 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.84-102

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000819934

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1309-8063

Abstract:

 

Since after the democratic dispensation in 1994, South Africa became a global
 community that directly or indirectly, attracted transnational organised crime
 networks as an emerging democratic country. As a result, legislative mandates
 and public expectations have heightened the necessity to hither define the South
 African Police Service’s (SAPS) officials, especially the investigation officials’
 responsibility for detecting fraud during the performance of their duties. A mixed
 method approach was utilised in this study, in which one of the strategic
 component in the SAPS, namely anti-fraud training, was tested by, inter alia,
 determining the relevancy, adequacy and appropriateness of the detective
 curriculum in comparison with their day-to-day performance. An open-ended
 section allowing for general comments, was also included in the questionnaire in
 case respondents wish to highlight a particular point not addressed in the
 questionnaire. The stratified random sampling technique was used from the
 population of 20 0005 general detectives deployed across 1116 stations in the nine
 provinces of South Africa. A representative sample of 1920 general detectives and
 Detective Commanders across the rank structure was drawn from a staff
 compilation list obtained from the SAPS Division Personnel Services. From each
 selected station, an attempt was made to ensure that at least ten per cent of the
 population participated in this study. The sample realization was 1198 (62.4%) of
 the respondents who returned the questionnaire. The findings indicated that the
 detectives were not properly trained and not all the detectives attended the DLP.
 The findings also revealed that to some detectives, training is not possible due to
 huge workload at the local police stations and to those who managed to attend the training, could not be provided with refresher training in the area(s) such as  corruption and fraud related investigation, statement taking and report writing, to  enhance their detective skills.

Article Details

ANTI-FRAUD TRAINING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE (SAPS): A STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE

Authors: J. T. Mofokeng | I. de Vries

Publisher: Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Journal: International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies 2016 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.84-102

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 5/2016

Document Language: Turkish

Document ID (Org No.): 2000819934

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 1309-8063

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Authors:

J. T. Mofokeng | I. de Vries

Publisher:

Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Derneği

Journal:

International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies 2016 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.84-102

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

5/2016

Document Language:

Turkish

Document ID (Org No.):

2000819934

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

1309-8063