- Title
- Ex-offenders' perceptions towards their sexual victimisation during incarceration : a case study of Sinthumule area under Makhado Local Municipality: Limpopo Province
- Creator
- Tshidada, Thifulufhelwi Cedric
- Subject
- Prisoners--Sexual behavior Criminals--Rehabilitation
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- Criminology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/17771
- Identifier
- vital:41199
- Description
- The study aimed to investigate or to explore offenders’ perceptions on sexual assault within or during their incarceration in Makhado Correctional Centre. For the purpose of this study, the researcher is inclined to use qualitative research method because many it allows respondents to express their feelings. This is phenomenological in the sense that the researcher aimed to describe the experiences of the participants. In an attempt to resolve the research problem, the study embarked on qualitative method to guide the in depth structured interviews questions with the offenders about their experience on sexual assault during their incarceration. The researcher employed the method of field study in data collection in a natural settings or environments. The data collected were based on the research questions to establish the causes and consequences of sexual assaults and reasons why the victims are so lackadaisical in reporting sexual assaults to the authorities. Therefore, this study used the purposive sampling method to select participants. The data collection method for this research is an in-depth structured interview. In-depth interviews were repeated face-to-face between the researcher and participants in order to give the participants an opportunity to establish a better understanding. For the purpose of data analysis this study made use of content analysis which is a recommended method in qualitative study.
- Format
- 139 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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