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Dr DF Monyepao

Senior Lecturer | College of Law
School of Criminal Justice | Department: Criminology and Security Science

Tel: 012 433 9541
Campus: Muckleneuk
Building: Cas van Vuuren
Office: 2-16

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Criminal Justice): UNISA
  • Bachelor of Social Sciences Masters (Criminology): University of KwaZulu Natal
  • Bachelor of Social Sciences Honours (Criminology): University of KwaZulu Natal
  • Bachelor of Arts (Criminology & Psychology): University of Pretoria 

  • Masters Students: Supervisor
  • CMY3705 - Victimology: Primary Lecturer
  • CMY4803 - Contemporary Crime Issues: Secondary Lecturer

  • Victimology
  • Drug related crimes
  • Substance abuse
  • Criminal justice
  • Feminist, Womanist, Bosadi Theorizations (UNISA niche area)

  • Female substance uses and crime nexus
  • Criminological research (with a focus on corrections) 

  • Monyepao, D.F. (2017) Racism in Drug Policies: A Report on United States Legislation. International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 11(6)/2017

  • Monyepao, D.F. Drug-crime relationship: An exploration of female criminality in relation to drug use. Presented at the International CRIMSA Biennial Conference on 18 August 2023.
  • Thobane, M.S. & Monyepao, D.F. A nation that does not know itself cannot stand up for itself: African conscious criminology. Presented at the International CRIMSA Biennial Conference on 29 August 2019.
  • Monyepao, D.F. Racism in Drug Policies: A Report on United States Legislation. Presented at the National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates international annual conference on 1 August 2017.

  • National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS): Doctoral Scholarship

  • UNISA Learner Research Summit Community Engagement Project (2017-current)