Department of Criminology and Security Science
College of Law |
School of Criminal Justice |
Department: Criminology and Security Science |
Senior Lecturer
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Tel: |
012 433 9487
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E-mail: |
zitham@unisa.ac.za
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Qualifications
- Doctor of Literature and Philosophy from UNISA
- MA (Criminology)
- BA (Hons Criminology)
- BA (Criminology and Political Science)
Currently teaching
- CMY3701 - Explanation of Crime
Fields of academic interests
- Offender profiling
- Immigration and crime
- Children in conflict with the law
- Diversion
Journal articles
- Jansen van Rensburg, S.K., Buthelezi, M.W., Nkwana, N.J., Msimang, N.P & Zitha, M. 2023. “You are reminded that you don’t have power”: The victimisation of security guards working in Gauteng, South Africa. Research in Business & Social Science, 12(8): 383-392
Paper presentations
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6th International Conference on Youth Work and Youth Studies. Mind the Gap: Conversations on youth work and youth studies that contribute to research, theory and practice on work with young people held at the University of Strathclyde: Scotland
Title: Is Restorative Justice Services Succeeding in the reduction of youth-re-offending?
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7th Biennial Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. “Connecting people, linking victims, offenders and community” held at Helsinki, Finland.
Title: South African youth need to be in schools not in prison: The role of restorative justice in achieving this goal.
- Is Restorative Justice Services Succeeding in the reduction of youth-re-offending? At the: 6th International Conference on Youth Work and Youth Studies. Mind the Gap: Conversations on youth work and youth studies that contribute to research, theory and practice on work with young people held at the University of Strathclyde: Scotland
- South African youth need to be in schools not in prison: The role of restorative justice in achieving this goal. At the: 7th Biennial Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. “Connecting people, linking victims, offenders and community” held at Helsinki, Finland.
- 6th International Conference on Youth Work and Youth Studies. Mind the Gap: Conversations on youth work and youth studies that contribute to research, theory and practice on work with young people held at the University of Strathclyde: Scotland
Title: Is Restorative Justice Services Succeeding in the reduction of youth-re-offending?
- 7th Biennial Conference of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. “Connecting people, linking victims, offenders and community” held at Helsinki, Finland.
Title: South African youth need to be in schools not in prison: The role of restorative justice in achieving this goal.
Projects
- CLAW Ethics Committee member
- CLAW An Evaluation of the Pluralisation of the Street Policing in South Africa
- CLAW Higher Degrees Committee member
- Learner Research Summit