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Browsing Research Articles (Social Work and Criminology) by UP Author "Booyens, Karen"
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Bougard, Nigel Bradley; Booyens, Karen
(CRIMSA, 2015)
The article explores adult female rape victims’ views about the Thuthuzela Care Centre (TCC) service delivery model as a multidisciplinary one-stop centre for victims of sexual offences and domestic violence. The research ...
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Hesselink, Anni; Booyens, Karen
(CRIMSA, 2014)
In South Africa, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) presents a platform for criminological research, practice and expertise. Working with offenders offer criminologists an opportunity to link theory with practice, ...
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Steyn, Francois; Booyens, Karen; Foster, Herma; Ehlers, Rene
(CRIMSA, 2012)
In addition to the provision of tertiary education, Institutions of Higher Education are expected to instil critical and independent thinking skills in students. Students often bring into the learning environment their own ...
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Jang, Sung Joon; Johnson, Byron R.; Anderson, Matthew L.; Booyens, Karen
(Routledge, 2021)
We examined (1) whether the relationship between religiosity and negative emotions (anger, frustration, depression, and anxiety) among prisoners is attributable to inmates’ sense of meaning and purpose in life and personal ...
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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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Hesselink, Ann-Mari; Booyens, Karen
(CRIMSA, 2021)
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world, as we knew it, has changed for everyone. COVID-19 has shown not to distinguish between social class, gender, qualifications, race and even law-abiding and criminal ...
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Steyn, Francois; Booyens, Karen
(CRIMSA, 2017)
Although still limited, inroads are being made in developing a body of knowledge about
incarcerated female offenders in South Africa. We present key findings from a survey among
this offender population with reference ...
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Jang, Sung Joon; Johnson, Byron R.; Anderson, Matthew Lee; Booyens, Karen
(Sage, 2023-09)
This paper examines whether and how religion contributes to prisoner rehabilitation—conceptualized as a prosocial change in self-identity, existential belief, and character based on identity theories of criminal desistance, ...
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Anderson, Matthew Lee; Burtt, Jason J.; Jang, Sung Joon; Booyens, Karen; Johnson, Byron R.; Joseph, Michael
(Sage, 2023-01)
This paper examines whether religion contributes to offenders taking responsibility for crimes. Specifically, we assessed whether participation in The Prisoner’s Journey (TPJ), a bible study program, increased or decreased ...
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Booyens, Karen; Geyer, Lourens Stephan; Masenge, Andries
(Sage, 2023-03)
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 ...
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Du Preez, Janicke; Steyn, Francois; Booyens, Karen
(CRIMSA, 2015)
Suicides occur in correctional centres even though the behaviour of offenders is supposed to be closely monitored and regulated. The present study set out to identify and describe the risk factors and circumstances surrounding ...
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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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Booyens, Karen
(CRIMSA, 2008)
The research for this article was undertaken in one South African correctional centre and
indicates that men are subjected to sexual victimisation on a regular basis. Interviews
were conducted with 100 male awaiting-trial ...
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Hesselink, Anni; Booyens, Karen
(CRIMSA, 2017)
Criminological pre-sentence evaluation reports assist courts by providing a comprehensive
picture of an offender as a human being; the factors that contributed to the crime; an explanation
of the offending behaviour, and ...
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Hesselink, Anni; Booyens, Karen
(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2016)
A great deal is known about child abuse, especially the devastating effect of abuse on the child. Substantial
national and international research on child abuse exits that focuses on the child as the victim. However, ...