LIST OF APPROVED RESEARCH REPORT BY THE DCS NATIONAL COMMISSIONER
FOR PUBLISHING
2013
Author
Dr. MML dos Santos
Ms. MJ Mabala
Ms R. Naidoo
Mr. SJ Aphane
Title
Rapid assessment response (RAR) study: investigating health
and social interventions for drug using inmates within the
South African Prison Systems
Corporate Entrepreneurship within the DCS University of
Johannesburg
The impact of HIV & AIDS Correctional Programmes on the
knowledge and attitudes of youth offenders incarcerated at
Correctional Centres Unisa
Offenders’ compliance with ARVs treatment at
Baviaanspoort DCS TUT
2012
Author
Mr. L. Muntingh
Mr. TMS Nhlapo
Dr. L. Artz – University of Cape
Town
Title
Application Approval year by the DCS for
year
the Research Publication
2011
2013
2011
2013
2008
2013
2009
2013
Application
year
2010
2009
Approval year by the DCS for
the Research Publication
2012
2012
Children in Prison in South Africa
The implementation of human resource
development strategy for total quality management
within the Department of Correctional Services: A
focus on Groenpunt Management Area (2012) North
West University
Pathways to Crime: Women in Conflict with the Law 2009
2012
2011
Author
Title
Aurum
Preliminary study of screening for tuberculosis in a
South African Correctional facility. (2011)
A model for the rehabilitation of the drug
dependent juvenile offender (D Litt-Academic)
(2011)
The perception of Fairness of the Amendments to
the disciplinary system in the Department of
Correctional Services (2011)
Preliminary study of screening for tuberculosis in a
South African Correctional facility. (2011)
Music Behind bars: exploring the role of music
among inmates at Mthatha prison
Ms M.E Norrish (Unisa)
Mr. RR Shope (Unisa)
Aurum
Dr. Z. Twani
2010
Author
Ms. Kramer
Ms S. Kramer (Univ. of
Johannesburg)
Pruscilla Z. Wincomb
Stellenbosch
Title
Power and the production of female sexual
offenders: The inside story (2010) University of
Johannesburg
Discourse and power in the self-perceptions of
incarcerated South African female sexual
offenders. (2010)
A life-skills intervention programme addressing the
self concept of Afrikaans-speaking youth offenders
(2010)
Application
year
2008
Approval year by the DCS
for the Research Publication
2011
2006
2011
2009
2011
2008
2011
2005
2011
Application
year
2009
Approval year by the DCS for
the Research Publication
2010
2009
2010
2004
2010
2009
Author
Ms A.N Rozani (Univ. of
Johannesburg)
Mr. FCM Louw
Dr R. Zinn
Ms. P.T Mawson
GD Breetzke
Rev.Shayi (Univ of Pretoria)
Ms A.A Kleijn’s
MF Plaatjies (Unisa)
Title
Attitudes of correctional officials towards the
rehabilitation and humane treatment of offenders:
Leeuwkop Correctional Centre. (2009)
Parole decisions by the correctional supervision
and parole boards from a S.A perspective.(2009)
Incarcerated perpetrators of house robbery as a
source of crime intelligence (2009)
The precipitating factors leading juveniles to
commit assault: a qualitative study. (2009)
Geo-analysis of offenders in Tshwane: towards an
urban ecological theory of crime in South Africa.
(2009)
Sexual practices in South Africa prisons from the
perspective of Christian Ethics (2009)
The demographic profile and psychosocial history
of a group of convicted perpetrators of the rape of
children under the age of three years. (2009)
The application of restorative justice in the South
African Correctional system. (2009)
Application
year
2007
Approval year by the DCS for
the Research Publication
2009
2007
2009
2006
2009
2006
2009
2006
2009
2006
2009
2003
2009
2003
2009
OTHER APPROVED RESEARCH REPORT 2001-2008
AUTHOR
TITLE
Dr Hoffman (Personal)
Dr Hoffman (Personal)
Breaking the silence of violation.
Legacies of Apartheid in the management of violation in South
Africa
Solitary confinement in correctional centres: constructing
social safety or social fragmentation
Prisoner re-entry in Cape Town
Language preference & english proficiency audit for DCS
Dr Hoffman (Personal)
Mr. L Muntingh (CSPRI)
Umhlaba Development
Services
Mr. L Muntingh (CSPRI)
M Schoeman (National
Institute for Crime Prevention
and the Reintegration of
Offenders-(NICRO)
W.C van der Linde (Unisa)
M Malata (Univ of Pretoria)
A Dissel (Centre For The
Study of Violence and
Reconciliation-CSVR)
J Steinberg (CSVR)
C Tapscott (Civil Society
Prison Reform Initiative-
APPLICATION
YEAR
2007
2007
2007
The effects of sentencing on the size of the South African
prison population.
The influence of imprisonment on the infants and young
children incarcerated with their mothers.
2006
Financial management at the DCS: A case of Pretoria
Management Area
The impact of the in-house model of employee assistance
programme at Makhado Correctional Centre in Limpopo
A review of the integrated Youth Offender Programme piloted
in Boksburg Juvenile Correctional Centre with the “Inkanyezi
yentathakusa”.
Prison overcrowding and the constitutional right to adequate
accommodation in South Africa
An assessment of the impact of HIV/AIDS on Correctional
Centre governance with special emphasis on Correctional
2006
2006
2005
2005
2005
2005
CSPRI)
C Tapscott (CSPRI)
Mr. Stevens (Wits Univ)
S. Wicomb (Univ. of
Stellenbosch)
M.A Dondolo (Univ of Free
State)
D.Y Tanfa (Unisa)
A.D Moodley (Univ of
KwaZulu Natal)
Prof Mehtar ( Uphando
Research Unit)
K du Plessis (Khulisa)
N Wilkinson (Unisa)
Prof CSL Delport & Ms A
Vermeulen
CSVR (Sasha Gear)
MDZ Nkhoeli
JA de Wet (Univ of Pretoria)
NP Manaba (Univ. of North
West)
L. Swarts (Univ of Free
State)
PR Mohope
MDK Mahape (Univ of
Services staff in South Africa
A study of best practice in prison governance
Men and meaning of murder: discourses of power in
narratives of homicide in South Africa
A life-skills intervention programme addressing the selfconcept of Afrikaans-speaking youth offenders. (2008)
Identification and analysis of factors leading to corruption in
the Free State Department of Correctional Services
Advance free fraud
Palliative care services for offenders with AIDS at Durban
Management Area.
The impact of infectious diseases in Women and Juvenile
Correctional Facilities.
Evaluate National HIV/AIDS Programme at various Youth
Correctional Centre
The causes of spousal murders by women in South Africa
Convicted male sex offenders of child victims: A social work
perspective
Situational analysis on sexual violence in Boksburg Youth
Centre 2004`
Prisoners experience of HIV/AIDS pre-test and post-test
counseling
A psychosocial perspective on the personality development of
the serial murder
Occupational stress and ill health of Correctional Service
workers
The role of the social worker with the inmates living with
HIV/AIDSA
An organization stress screening tool
The management of education programmes for juvenile
2005
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
Johannesburg)
M Britz -van Rooyen (Nelson
Mandela Metropolitan Univ)
TK Mthombeni (Univ of
Johannesburg)
RJ Segooa
Mkwanazi NV (Wits Univ)
CSVR
Schreiner JA
Ms Olivier-Booyens (Univ of
Pretoria)
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bhoodram PA (Univ of
Pretoria)
Medical Research Council
(University of KZN)
Prof. C Hurst (University of
KZN)
Ms M. Young
Blake M (Univ of Cape
Town)
P. Mazibuko (Wits Univ)
prisoners at Leeuwkop and Emthonjeni Juvenile Centres
The experiences and needs of male inmate rape victims in the
DCS
Grievance handling in the DCS: A critical evaluation
2003
2003
Towards the betterment of ABET programmes for young
adults in the Polokwane correctional service
Understanding child rapists: view points of child rapists on
why they have raped children
Prison gang in the Western Cape; late 1970s – early 2000s
(a man in search of his name)
Rape as a human security issue with specific reference to
South Africa
The sexual assault and rape of male offenders and awaitingtrial detainees
Overcrowding in the awaiting trial population
Stress levels as a rationale for the establishment of an
employee recreation programme in the Department of
Correctional Services in South Africa.
Post apartheid study on prison health issues in South Africa
2003
The workshopped plays in a South African Correctional
Centre: Negotiating social relations through theatre (2010)
Working from inside/out: participatory popular theatre in the
negotiation of discursive power and patriarchy in female
prisons: the example of Westville female Correctional Centre,
KZN in SA
The meaning that prisoners attach to work
2001
Intimate femicide: what drives man to kill their partners
2000
2003
2003
2003
2002
2002
2002
2001
2001
2000
Prof. B Robertson
CSVR (Sasha Gear &
Kindiza Ngubeni)
MS Madia (Univ of Pretoria)
The development of a risk model of youth who commit serious 2000/2001
violent crime
“Daai Ding” An exploration of sex, sexual violence & coercion
in men’s prisons
The role of transformation in the provision and maintenance of
personnel in the DCS: Pretoria Central Prison