Browsing Research Articles (Criminology and Forensic Studies) by Title
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Gatekeeping: an obstacle to criminological research with Indian youth drug users in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal.
(CRIMSA, 2015-03-10)Every research study has a story and this article tells the story of the researchers’ challenges in accessing participants for a study. Thus this article draws on the researchers’ experiences with gatekeeping dilemmas while ... -
The impact of labelling theory on the Gypsies and Travelers in the United Kingdom.
(All Africa Criminal Justice Association, 2014-06-10)The persecution of Gypsies and Travelers in the United Kingdom is not a new phenomenon. It goes back many centuries when Gypsies first set foot on the European continent. It was estimated that over half a million Gypsies ... -
Interrogating maritime security : a discourse from below.
(Serials Publications, 2015)The expanding volume of sea trade between South Africa and other parts of the global world places pressure on increased maritime security particularly because maritime security affects both communities living close to ... -
'n Vergelyking van polisiekultuurhoudings van mans en vrouens in die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens oor 'n tien jaar tydperk.
(Scientific Electronic Library Online, 2016-10)A comparison of police culture attitudes of men and women in the South African Police Service over a ten year period Contemporary ethnographers (Cockcroft 2013; O’Neill, Marks & Singh 2007; Sklansky 2005) argue that new ... -
Police corruption: a threat to South Africa's democracy.
(All Africa Criminal Justice Association, 2014)In South Africa today, there is no single agreed definition of corruption. However, as researchers we do know that some definitions of corruption are available, enabling us to put police c orruption into context. It ... -
Predisposed police culture attitudes: South African Police Service versus Justice Institute of British Columbia newcomers.
(Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa., 2016-10)This article aims to report on a comparative examination of South African Police Service’ (SAPS) and Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) Police Academy newcomers, for indicators evincing the presence of police ... -
A quantitative understanding of gender differentiated delinquent trends among school going adolescents in Chatsworth, Durban.
(CRIMSA, 2015)According to the World Health Organisation countries in transition have witnessed a dramatic rise in delinquency rates. Given that juvenile offending is a pervasive social problem and many theories about its aetiology have ... -
‘They call us Makwerekweres’ : foreign learners speak out against xenophobia.
(University of KwaZulu-Natal., 2013)While a number of studies on xenophobia have been conducted in South Africa, very little has been done to establish the effects of xenophobia on foreigners in schools. To help remedy the dearth of studies in this area, ...