PURPOSE – As the subject of female criminology in South Africa has only recently been dealt with in a qualitative manner, this paper aims to explore if there is a potential link between rehabilitation, reintegration support ...
Gray, Mel; Lombard, A. (Antoinette)(Sage, 2024-09)
This article shows the strategic, institutional approach the South African government took in creating and professionalising an occupational group—community development workers (CDWs), later community development practitioners ...
Geyer, Stephan; Crafford, Gretel(National Association of Social Workers (Zimbabwe), 2024)
African social workers have not yet explored the potential of using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to render digital gerontological social work (DGSW) services. ICT holds potential for technology-assisted ...
Castlemaine, Melissa; Steyn, Francois(IFE Center for Psychological Studies, 2024-06)
South African research on women who commit crime gained momentum over the past decade, yet little is known about
their routes to criminality. This article contributes to the understanding of maternal filicide (the phenomenon ...
Bernardi, Delia Anastasia(Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa, 2023-12)
On 12 September 2021, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, addressed the nation regarding the COVID-19 vaccination drive. The President placed almost equal weight on the importance of finding a resolution for “violence ...
Karras (Bernardi), Delia Anastasia(University of Pretoria, 1989-04)
English: The aim of this research was to gain insight into the life-world of the male
batterer. A methodology which can be described as a phenomenological approach was employed. This is a psychodynamic and essence-directed ...
Bernardi, Delia Anastasia(University of Pretoria, 2018-11)
Intimate partner violence is a global evil and has reached pandemic proportions with
ramifications that are devastating for all parties concerned. Characteristics and causal
influences that were applicable to both abusive ...
Pandemics, such as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in March 2020, have a negative impact on older persons’ (60 years and older) physical and mental health. Research on the effects of Covid-19 on older ...
Namibia and South Africa share land and maritime borders and the interrelated structural challenges of poverty and socio-economic inequalities amidst progressive economic growth that are rooted in their apartheid past and ...
Oeschger, Sarah; Nunlall-Hiralal, Reema; Steyn, Francois(University of Salento, 2024)
South Africa suffers from pervasive gender-based violence that finds expression in, amongst others, domestic and intimate partner violence, rape, sexual harassment, and femicide. While the government and civil society ...
The evolution of media technologies provides innovative opportunities for sexual exploration
and intimate communication, one of which is sexting. Sexting refers to sending, receiving, and
distributing self-generated ...
Moshidi, Elizabeth(University of Pretoria, 2024-05)
Co-occurring mental health disorders are a major public health concern globally. In South Africa, approximately 15% of individuals using substances have one or more mental health disorders, and this has overburdened the ...
Khosa, Jeffries Zwelithini; Gutura, Priscilla(Whiting and Birch, 2024-03)
This paper discusses the role of social workers and community volunteers in
providing services to foster care children living with HIV in South Africa. A literature review
was undertaken of 14 qualitative studies conducted ...
Poopedi, Lehlogonolo Kwena; Bila, Nontembeko Joyce(University of Stellenbosch, 2023)
South Africa presents a high prevalence of mental health problems, with one in six South Africans being diagnosed with anxiety, depression and substance-use problems (excluding more severe conditions such as bipolar disorder ...
Thornton, Jessica Leigh(Romanian Academy Francisc I Rainer Institute of Anthropology, 2023)
OBJECTIVE. This study discusses the issue of rehabilitation and the lived reality of female offenders serving short-term sentences who are excluded from rehabilitation programmes. This exclusion ill-equips the women from ...
Geyer, Stephan; Chonody, Jill; Teater, Barbra(University of Stellenbosch, 2023-12-04)
The literature on the biopsychosocial effects of COVID-19 on older persons has originated predominately from the Global North, with a dearth of studies focusing on the loneliness of older persons in the developing world, ...
Khosa, Jeffries Zwelithini(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-06)
The goal of the study was to determine services provided to children in foster care living with HIV by social workers and community volunteers in the City of Johannesburg to develop an effective linkage system. Three ...
Mateko, Shalyne Sithabile(University of Pretoria, 2024-07-04)
Co-occurring opioid use and mental health disorders are a prevalent problem in South Africa. However, little is known about social workers’ perceptions of these co-occurring disorders. As such the goal of this study was ...
BACKGROUND : Globally, the rise in the number of people living with a substance use disorder (SUD) carries a multitude
of individual and social health implications for carers and their families, often impacting negatively ...
The purpose of this study was to create a profile of the sentenced older adult male offender incarcerated in South African prisons. The findings of this investigation are based on face-to-face surveys with 88 older adult ...