Department of Criminology and Security Science

Mrs L van Schalkwyk

College of Law
School of Criminal Justice
Department: Criminology and Security Science
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 433 9473
E-mail: vjaarl@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • MTECH: SECURITY MANAGEMENT (University of South Africa) 2012
  • BA HONOURS: CRIMINOLOGY (University of Pretoria) 2006
  • BSocSci PSYCHOLOGY (University of Pretoria) 2005 (Cum Laude)

Currently teaching

  • SEP3704 - Security Risk Control Measures III
  • SEP3711 - Advanced Security Risk Control Measures III
  • SEP4803 - Advanced Security Risk Control Measures and Information Technology IV

Fields of academic interests

  • Security Risk Control Measures
  • School safety and security
  • Events security
  • Security (general)

Field of Specialisation

  • Security risk control measures

Journal articles

  • 2018. The difficulties in policing and combatting of a maritime crime: The case of Abalone poaching along South Africa’s coastline (Co-authors: A. Minnaar & S Kader). Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, 14(1): 71-87.
  • 2015. The use of dogs in crime prevention. ACTA Criminologica, Special Edition No 4/2015: 182-192.
  • 2012. Managing safety and security in schools: A case study from Tshwane, South Africa (Co-authors: A. Minnaar & C Morrison). Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology. CRIMSA 2011 Conference Special Edition No 2/2012: 122-134.
  • 2012. Campus security and safety: Incorporating new technology to an old paradigm of guarding (Co-author: S. Sewpersad). Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology. CRIMSA 2011 Conference Special Edition No1/2012.
  • 2008. Violence in schools: A security problem? Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology. CRIMSA Conference Special Edition No 2/2008: 175-188.

Paper presentations

  • The use of dogs in crime prevention. Paper presented to the Criminological & Victimological Society (CRIMSA) Bi-annual Conference. Zevenwacht Country Inn, Cape Town, 21-23 September 2015.
  • The role of private security in policing campuses in South Africa. (Co-author: S. Sewpersad). Paper presented to the 40th Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control: 'Beyond the Wire': Regulating Division, Conflict and Resistance. 5-9 September 2012, University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. 5-9 September 2012.
  • The poaching of abalone (perlemoen) in the Western Cape, South Africa. (Co-author: S. Sewpersad). Paper presented to the 40th Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control: 'Beyond the Wire': Regulating Division, Conflict and Resistance. University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus. 5-9 September 2012.
  • Managing safety and security in schools: A case study from Tshwane, South Africa. Paper presented to the 21st Annual International Police Executive Symposium (IPES) conference: Contemporary issues in public safety and security.  Karlskrona, Sweden. 10-14 August 2011.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • CRIMSA Treasurer

Projects

  • An evaluation of pluralisation of street policing in South Africa