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Street Children's Experiences of Aggression during Interaction with Police
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Aneesa Moolla --- University of Johannesburg, Chris Myburgh --- University of Johannesburg, Marie Poggenpoel --- University of Johannesburg,The research investigated street children's experiences of aggression during interaction with police. The participants were 16 black male street children (aged =13 to 18 years) residing in a temporary shelter in Hillbrow of Johannesburg. Data were collected through phenomenological individual... -
Salutogenic Profile of Police Trainees on Entry into the Profession
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Nomfusi Bekwa --- University of South Africa, Marié de Beer --- University of South Africa,The study aimed to determine the salutogenic (wellbeing) profile of South African police trainees on entry into the profession. Participants were police trainees with an average age of 26 years enrolled for basic training in a police college. Sample sizes... -
Validating Measures of Psychological Well-being by Contrasting Samples Employed in Hazardous and Less Hazardous Work
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Deo J. W. Strümpfer --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Riëtte J. Eiselen --- University of Johannesburg, South Africa Deon Meiring --- University of Pretoria, Jack S. Phalatse --- SASOL Mining,The study investigated whether differences between contrasting groups reflect significant differences in psychological well-being scores. Membership of hazardous vs. less hazardous occupations in the same profession served as proxy measures of well-being. Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC), Block & Kremen's... -
Critical Incidents Impact Management Among South African Police Service Officers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Masefako Andronica Gumani --- University of Venda, Eduard Fourie --- University of South Africa, Martin Terre Blanche --- University of South Africa,This article describes and interprets the law enforcement processes of managing critical incidents in a South African police district. Twenty participants from various police units were selected through purposive and theoretical sampling techniques. Data were collected using unstructured open-ended interviews,... -
Ectoparasite diversity on rodents at De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: S. Matthee --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa I.G. Horak --- Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, South Africa L. Van der Mescht --- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, South Africa E.A. Ueckermann --- ARC Plant Protection Research Institute, South Africa F.G.T Radloff --- Department of Botany and Zoology, South AfricaFleas, lice, mites and ticks were collected from 41 Rhabdomys pumilio and seven Otomys irroratus at De Hoop Nature Reserve in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The aims of the study were firstly to quantify parasite abundance and... -
The exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of two subjective career success instruments
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Eileen Koekemoer --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Jan Alewyn Nel --- Department of Human Resource Management, South Africa Audine du Toit --- WorkWell Research Unit, South AfricaThis study investigated the psychometric properties of two subjective career success instruments within the South African context: Perceived Career Success (PCSS: Gattiker & Larwood, 1986) and Life Success Measures Scale (LSMS: Parker & Chusmir, 1992). Data were collected via a... -
Popular Art and the Reconfiguration of Police Atrocities in Kenya
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Charles Kebaya --- Department of Literature, Creative and Performing Arts, KenyaThe government of Kenya has the singular obligation to protect, respect and ensure that its citizens enjoy the right to life1, prohibit all forms of torture2 and protect them from arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention3 as enshrined in the constitution... -
Exploring procedural justice and police legitimacy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Johan Prinsloo --- Department of Criminology, South AfricaPerceptions of legitimacy are at the foundation of public mandates underlying criminal justice institutions, their legal authority, and public cooperation. This study explored perceptions of South African policing by members of a historically disadvantaged community, in terms of the procedural... -
Utilising counselling services by law enforcement: An exploratory case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Maximus Monaheng Sefotho --- , South Africa Cecilia Tlaleng Seema --- , BotswanaThis study explored police officers’ dispositions to utilise counselling services. Informants were 20 offers of the Lesotho Mounted Police Services (females = 42.5 %; constables = 57.5 %, age range 21 to 50+). The officers completed the Workplace Counselling Service... -
Procedural justice, police legitimacy, and performance: Perspectives of South African students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Paul Oluwatosin Bello --- , South Africa Thabiso Donald Matshaba --- , South AfricaThis study explored notions of procedural justice and police legitimacy among university students in South Africa. We surveyed 482 South African university students (female =77.6%; black = 91.7%; mean age = 23.0 years, SD = 1.05 years) on the effect... -
The first report of Naobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863 (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) off South Africa, with a redescription of the adult female
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SM Dippenaar --- , South Africa MM Sebone --- , South AfricaNaobranchia cygniformis Hesse, 1863 is one of 21 accepted species of the genus Naobranchia, which is distinguished from other genera in the family Lernaeopodidae by the possession of ribbon-like maxillae. The original description of N. cygniformis lacked detail concerning the... -
South African female sex workers’ interactions with law enforcement: An exploratory study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Molefi Motsoeneng --- , South AfricaThis study explored the lived experiences of female sex workers (FSWs) when interacting with the police while conducting their business activities. The informants were 10 FSWs, aged 25 to 30 years, who conducted their business in the busy streets of... -
Work stressors and vicarious trauma among South African Police Service members
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Masefako Andronica Gumani --- , South AfricaThis study explored vicarious stress experiences of South African Police Service members from a rural district serving victims of trauma. Informants were 19 police members (female = 26.3%; constables = 21%; age range = 27 to 55). The police members... -
With a powerful God, all things are possible: A compensatory control account of occupational aspirations among overqualified policemen
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Adeola Samuel Adebusuyi --- Nigeria Police Academy, Kano, NigeriaResearch has found occupational aspirations to lead to several positive career and employment outcomes in contexts of high personal agency. However, an investigation into occupational aspirations in contexts of high uncertainty is lacking in the literature. To fill this gap,...