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Browsing Research Articles (Social Work and Criminology) by UP Author "Bezuidenhout, Christiaan"
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Coetzee, Laetitia; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2016)
The purpose of this article is to focus on youth sex offenders’ empathy for victims of child-on child sexual abuse.
In a recent study conducted by Coetzee (2015), the quantitative research results indicate that although ...
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Bezuidenhout, Christiaan; Van Niekerk, Gernia
(CRIMSA, 2015)
Many students are distanced from the realities of correctional facilities and never consider doing practical community engagement programme s in a correctional centre. Students of criminology usually deem practical community ...
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Campher, Laetitia; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2007-04)
The purpose of this article is to focus on the emergence, as well as the nature, extent and complexity of paedophilic activities on the Internet. The necessity for scientific research designed to curb Internet paedophilia ...
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Campher, Laetitia; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2010)
The focus of this article will be on existing preventative measures that aim to restrict unacceptable activities of
sexual offenders on the Internet. An Information Technology theory, namely the gratification approach ...
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Bezuidenhout, Christiaan; Gahler, Bianca; Moen, Melanie
(SARP Publishers, 2022-07)
Non-consenting criminal sexual sadistic acts as a phenomenon are unique and have not received a great deal
of attention, especially in South Africa. There is a lack of research regarding the nature and effect of ...
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Booyens, Karen; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(Sage, 2014-12)
This study explores male inmates’ perceptions of sex and rape in a South African correctional center
(prison). In South Africa, consensual sex between inmates is prohibited by the Department of
Correctional Services and ...
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Hall, Brittany; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2019)
This article briefly reports on the results of an explorative study pertaining to the behavioural profile of male
serial child rapists. An extensive literature review indicated that there is a dearth of research relating ...
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Moen, Melanie Carmen; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2017-12)
South African society is perceived as violent, with an average murder rate significantly higher
than in the rest of the world. The family is a core system within the broader community and
is traditionally seen as a safe ...
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Bezuidenhout, Christiaan; Collins, C.R.
(CRIMSA, 2007)
Delusional disorders within a criminological context are often overlooked, misunderstood or simply dismissed as behavioural characteristics that do not belong within the field of criminology. However, case studies show ...
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Moen, Melanie; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(Wiley, 2023-01)
The aim of the study was to investigate the offence characteristics and motivations for revenge filicides. Revenge filicide is an act where one parent kills their own offspring for retribution to hurt and upset the other ...
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Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(CRIMSA, 2008)
Police cannot operate without information from and on the community. This is why the birth of Intelligence Led Policing (ILP) was so significant to the police. ILP is a concept that is widely used but the operational ...
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Broich, Jessie-Mari; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan; Coetzee, Laetitia
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2018)
A dearth in research exists regarding the onset and escalation of misbehaviour in male, prepubescent, at-risk
children. Insight into which factors contribute to the onset and escalation of such behaviour in this age ...
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Van Niekerk, Rhona; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa, 2019)
The purpose of this article is to focus on the level of implementation of sector policing in South Africa in terms of Sector Policing National Instruction 3/2013. The contribution also focuses on the perceptions of South ...
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Coertze, Sara Louise; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2013)
Obesity has become a global pandemic that not only affects adults, but also children and adolescents. It has been
found that obesity among children and adolescents has emotional, social, physical and psychological
ramifications, ...
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Harris, Tara; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2010)
The purpose of this article is to focus on the origin and consequences of youth sex offending, as well as the
possible risk factors that could contribute to this phenomenon.
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Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(CRIMSA, 2007)
Despite ongoing research there is no consensus amongst scholars regarding the
definition and meaning of restorative justice. While various ideas have been advanced on what restorative justice is supposed to be, the ...
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Booyens, Karen; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(CRIMSA, 2015)
One of the biggest challenges correctional centres face is to manage behaviour that could be life threatening and potentially dangerous to their inmate populations. Although assaults and stabbings occur quite frequently ...
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Bezuidenhout, Christiaan; Minnaar, Anthony
(CRIMSA, 2010)
The focus of this article is on the professionalisation process of Criminology in South Africa.
Background to the start of this initiative by the Criminological and Victimological Society of
Southern Africa (CRIMSA) is ...
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Coetzee, Laetitia; Bezuidenhout, Christiaan
(CRIMSA, 2017)
The purpose of this article is to focus on victim empathy advancement components in
correctional programmes offered in Youth Correctional Centres. It is postulated that youth sex
offenders display empathy deficits, but ...