Press Release
in South Africa
June 16, 1997
Janine Rauch, Chief Director
of Policy and National Crime Prevention Strategy for the Republic
of South Africa, will teach "Contemporary
Justice Issues: Policing and Race" at the Justice Center
at the University of Alaska Anchorage for the second summer session
-- July 7 - August 9. The course will examine the issues involved
in transforming policing in South Africa into an instrument of
democracy. In particular, it will address the difficulties of
reducing corruption and establishing a human rights culture in
police service; organizational change and affirmative action;
and responses to growing crime problems.
Ms. Rauch has been Coordinator
of the Policing Research Project at the Center for the Study
of Violence and Reconciliation on South Africa and has served
as policy adviser to the Ministry of Safety and Security for
the government of South Africa.
The course carries three credits.
Information about class registration can be obtained from the
Justice Center, 786-1810.
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