• Intimate partner violence: impact of a faith-based biopsychosocio-spiritual approach to intervention 

  Bernardi, Delia Anastasia; Steyn, Francois (Routledge, 2025)

  The dominant prevention programs for intimate partner violence are based on Duluth-type models, which attribute patriarchy as the root cause of abusive behavior. The gender paradigm has dominated criminal justice policy ...
• Sadness in young children and the inadequate development of inner outer containment in childhood 

  Bezuidenhout, Christiaan; Moen, Melanie (University of the Free State, 2024-12)

  Violent crimes and domestic violence are notoriously high in South Africa, which leaves many children defenceless to struggle with emotions such as loneliness and sadness. The healthy development and socialisation of ...
• Going home to the gangsters : a preliminary study on the potential link between reintegration support and recidivism amongst female offenders 

  Thornton, Jessica Leigh (Emerald, 2024-03)

  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 ...
• Complexities and challenges affecting the progress of community development in South Africa’s changing sociopolitical landscape 

  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 ...
• Potential for digital gerontological social work with older persons in South African residential facilities 

  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 ...
• Pathways to maternal filicide among women incarcerated in Gauteng province in South Africa 

  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 ...
• Intimate partner violence : the criminal (in)justice system 

  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 ...
• A psychocriminological approach towards the male batterer 

  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 ...
• Development of a Christian-based intervention programme for perpetrators of intimate partner violence 

  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 ...
• A comparison of loneliness and social support among South African older persons during a pandemic 

  Geyer, Stephan; Teater, Barbra (Unisa Press, 2024-05)

  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 ...
• Structural inequalities in Namibia and South Africa : a critical social work perspective 

  Chiwara, Peggie (Unisa Press, 2024-05-27)

  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 ...
• Disrupting gender-based violence : the role of private security 

  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 ...
• Gender differences in adolescent sexting : towards a policy framework for secondary schools 

  Harris, Tara Farrer (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  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 ...
• The perceptions of social workers regarding service users with co-occurrence of opioid use and mental health disorders at the Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP) 

  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 ...
• The roles of social workers and community volunteers in providing services to foster care children living with HIV in South Africa : a scoping review 

  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 ...
• The experience of social workers providing mental health services at a mental health facility in Tshwane, South Africa 

  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 ...
• A link to recidivism : excluding female offenders serving short sentences from rehabilitation programmes 

  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 ...
• Locked down in the rainbow nation : alleviating the loneliness of South African older persons 

  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, ...
• Towards an effective linkage system for HIV positive foster care children between social workers and community volunteers in the city of Johannesburg 

  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 ...
• The perceptions of social workers regarding service users with co-occurrence of opioid use and mental health disorders at the Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP) 

  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 ...

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