Department of Corrections Management

Mr WJ Clack

College of Law
School of Criminal Justice
Department: Corrections Management
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 433 9433
E-mail: wclack@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • NHD Corrections management

Currently teaching

  • Correctional Skills
  • Correctional Control Mechanisms
  • Correctional Strategic Management

Fields of academic interests

  • Livestock Theft
  • Judicial penology

Field of Specialisation

  • Criminal Justice

Books

  • Clack, W. 2020. Livestock Theft Prevention. In: Rural Crime Prevention: Theory, Tactics and Techniques. A. Harkness, Ed. Routledge.
  • Clack W 2022 Cross Border Livestock Theft In The Encyclopedia of Rural Crime Editors Harkness A, Jessica Rene Peterson, Matt Bowden, Cassie Pedersen, Joseph F Donnermeyer. Bristol University Press
  • Clack W and Bunei E, 2022, Africa, In The Encyclopedia of Rural Crime Editors Harkness A, Jessica Rene Peterson, Matt Bowden, Cassie Pedersen, Joseph F Donnermeyer. Bristol University Press

Journal articles

  • Kalinich & Clack, “Transformation: from apartheid to a democracy -South African Corrections”,Acta Criminologica,1998, Vol. 11 (2), 6
  • Warchol G, Zupan L,& Clack W. 2003. Trans National Criminality: An Analysis of the Illegal
  • Wildlife Market in Southern Africa: International Criminal Justice Review. Volume 13. P 1-28 Georgia State University.
  • Clack W. 2013. The Extent of Stock Theft in South Africa.  Acta Criminologica.Volume 26 (2) 2013
  • Clack W. 2015. The Role of Social Media in Solving Livestock Theft Cases: A Case Study.  Acta Criminologica. (28) (1) 2015
  • Doorewaard. C, Hesselink. A &  Clack. WJ. 2015 Livestock Theft: Expanding On Criminological Profiling And Offender Assessment Practices In South Africa” Acta Criminologica.  Special Edition: Criminology in a Democratic South Africa
  • Clack W. 2015 Environmental Criminology Theories: An Analysis Of Livestock Theft Cases:  Acta Criminologica. (28) (2) 2015
  • Clack W & Minnaar A de V Rural Crime in South Africa: Exploratory Look At ‘Farm Attacks’and Stocktheft As The Primary Crimes In Rural Areas. Acta Criminologica. (31) (1) 2018
  • Clack W. Veediefstal in Suid Afrika: Die Ware prentjie. Landbouweekblad 24 Augustus 2012
  • Clack W. Veediefstal: Soek na n geheel beeld nie so makilk nie. Landbouweekblad 31 Augustus 2012
  • Clack W. Veediefstal: word die stryd gewen. Landbouweekblad 5 September 2012
  • Clack W. Veediefstal raak weg in die groter prentjie. Landbouweekblad 14 September 2012
  • Clack W. Veediefstal daai kleintjie dood. Brahman Joernaal Desember 2013
  • Clack W. Die Saak van Veediefstal.  Wolboer/Wool Farmer Volume 1 Issue 5 November 2013
  • Clack W. Veediefstal Feite en Statistiek .  Wolboer/Wool Farmer Volume 1 Issue 6 Desember 2013
  • Clack W. Livestock Theft Comparisions .  Wolboer/Wool Farmer Volume 2 Issue 1 January 2014 2014
  • Clack W. Livestock Theft in Theoretical Context. Wolboer/Wool Farmer Volume 2 Issue 2 February 2014
  • Clack W. Erasmus, A & Swanepoel, J. 2014. Nasionale Veediefstalvoorkomingshandleiding
  • Clack W. Volhoubaarheid vir die toekoms. Wolboer/Wool Farmer Volume 2 Issue 3 April 2014
  • Clack W. Merk dit Werk. Dairy Mail Volume 2 Issue April 2014
  • Clack W. Livestock Theft in Theoretical Context. Dairy Mail Volume 2 Issue 6 June 2014
  • Clack W. Legislation and the producer. Wolboer/Wool Farmer Volume 2 Issue 7 July 2014
  • Clack W. Legislation and the Movement of Livestock. Wolboer/Wool Farmer Volume 2 Issue 10 October 2014
  • Clack W. Overview of livestock theft. Simbra Journal 2014
  • Clack W & Kruger I Veediefstal: ʼn emosionele of ekonomiese misdaad. Simmentaler Joernaal 2014
  • Clack W. Be your own Legal Eagle. Dairy Mail Volume 22 Issue 2 February 2015
  • Clack W. Dink soos n Veedief. Wolboer/Wool Farmer. Vol 5 Nr 1 • 2017
  • Clack W and Donnewyer J International Conference on Rural Crime 27 September 2017, Royal Elephant Hotel, Centurion, South Africa, Volume 42, Number 6 of American Society of Criminology's newsletter, The Criminologist

  • Mabunda KW, Maluleke W, Barkhuizen J and Clack W, 2021, Stock Theft: Rural livestock farmers’ entrepreneurial perspectives International Journal of Criminology and Sociology

    Volume 10 Pages 929-943

Paper presentations

  • Clack W. 2013. The Extent of Stock Theft in South Africa. CRIMSA Conference August 2013. St George’s Hotel Pretoria.
  • Clack W. The Role of Social Media in Solving Livestock Theft Cases: A Case Study. UNISA Spring law Conference September 2015. Mount Grace Hotel Magaliesburg.
  • Clack W. Livestock Theft: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics Livestock Theft Report, National Red Meat Producers Congress 16 and 17 August 2016,
  • Khaya Ibhubesi Conference Centre Parys.
  • Clack W, A Theoretical and Practical Approach in the Prevention of Livestock Theft. National Woolgrowers Congress 1 June 2017, Palm Lodge. Port Elizabeth
  • Clack W. The Role of the Red Meat Value Chain in the Contribution to Livestock Theft. Free State Red Meat Producers Congress 8 June 2017. Leopard and Lace, Bloemfontein
  • Clack W. The Statistical Myths and Realities of Violent Rural Crimes in South Africa. International Conference on Rural Crime, 27 September 2017, Royal Elephant Hotel, Centurion, South Africa
  • Clack W The Red Meat Value Chain: Eastern Cape Red Meat producers Organisation. March 2018 Queenstown.
  • Clack. .W Rural Crimes: A Comparative between South Africa and Australia.
  • Rural Crime and the Law A symposium on rural crime, law and practice, and the criminal justice response. November 29th-30th 2018, at UNE School of Law, Armidale New South Wales, Australia

Other

Author of Three chapters in the Booklet Stock Theft Prevention Manual. Publisher Agriconnect, Pretoria