Pseudo Families as a Way of Coping with Incarceration by Female Offenders in South Africa

WICC2025 Presentation by Mahlogonolo Thobane and Tshilidzi Munarini MA (WICC2025 -PID028)

Authors

Mahlogonolo Thobane

Associate Professor , University of South Africa

Mahlogonolo Thobane is an Associate Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA), Department of Criminology and Security Science in the School of Criminal Justice. She is the current and first black President of the Criminological Society of Africa (CRIMSA). Her research aims to centralise the African voice and “ways of knowing” in criminology ideologies. Her research interests are gender-based violence, gender and crime, female criminality, critical criminology, indigenous research methods, corrections-related research and bank-related violent crimes (i.e. cash-in-transit heists).

Tshilidzi Munarini MA

Assistant Director: Security Services, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA)

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