Department of Criminology and Security Science

Dr M Zitha

College of Law
School of Criminal Justice
Department: Criminology and Security Science
Senior Lecturer
Tel: 012 433 9487
E-mail: zitham@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Literature and Philosophy from UNISA
  • MA (Criminology)
  • BA (Hons Criminology)
  • BA (Criminology and Political Science)
  • MA (Criminology)

Currently teaching

  • CMY3701 - Explanation of Crime

Fields of academic interests

  • Offender profiling
  • Immigration and crime
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Diversion 

Field of Specialisation

  • Offender profiling 

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

  • 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.

  • 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