Sherianne Kramer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3920819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sherianne Kramer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sherianne |
| FAMILY NAME | Kramer |
| SIGNATURE | KRAMER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa, South Africa Medical Research Council, South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Confession, psychology and the shaping of subjectivity through interviews with victims of female-perpetrated sexual violence
Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities. These methods often remain undocumented ? a gap that this book starts to address. Written by experts from various methodological fields, Transforming Research Methods in the Social S…
Research shouldn’t be a dirty thought, but race is a problematic construct
The use of race in research is always problematic as it is loaded with dangers and unforeseeable consequences. Where race (or ethnicity interpreted as colour-based) is used as a variable or an ‘explanation’, politically constructed racial categories are reproduced, thereby perpetuating stigma, discrimination, and racism. It was precisely this use of race that was exemplified in the recent publication, and subsequent retraction, of an article by N…
Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Female-Perpetrated Sex Abuse
Female-Perpetrated Sex Abuse is a groundbreaking study into gender, sexuality and victimhood. It examines the cultural conditions of possibility for FSA victimhood as a means to advance contemporary critical understandings of the role of gender and sexuality as instruments of modern power. As the first direct exploration of FSA victimhood, this book analyses: why victims of FSA remain so underexplored and invisible as objects of human science kno…
Surfacing (im)possible victims
Female sex abuse (FSA) has recently gained increased visibility in academia, the legal and mental health systems and the media both globally and in South Africa. However, the academic research currently in circulation is primarily focused on abusers, resulting in very limited information on the victims. Victim data that is available is based mainly on studies conducted with these abusers. FSA victimhood is underexplored and many victims remain in…
The second wave of violence scholarship
Community conversations as community engagement
This article reviews community conversations as a community engagement tool within the South African context by exploring the perceptions of the conversation hosts. A focus group discussion was held with community conversation hosts to better understand the community conversation process and its community engagement value. Their reflections are reviewed against four principles of community engagement, namely, appreciation, applicability, provocat…
The Philosophical Assumptions, Utility and Challenges of Asset Mapping Approaches to Community Engagement
This literature review is a discussion of asset-based approaches to community engagement. Following a literature search, we identified several asset mapping approaches: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD); Participatory Inquiry into Religious Health Assets, Networks and Agency (PIRHANA); Community Health Assets Mapping for Partnerships (CHAMP); the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA); Planning for Real® and approaches using Geographic Inf…
A Critical Review of Instruments Assessing Characteristics of Community
Community development is critical in South African and other low- to middle-income contexts characterised by unemployment, violence, poverty and poor infrastructure. The current asset-based trend in community research emphasises constructive community development and change through the mobilisation of existing and unrecognised community resources and skills. Following this trend we critically examine the conceptual soundness and logic of asset-ba…
Accounting for the ‘invisibility’ of the female paedophile
Female child sex offenders are, for the most part, invisible within the existing body of scholarly literature. Additionally, female child sexual offenders are met with disbelief by the public and there are rarely legal consequences for their actions. However, the few studies reporting on female child sexual interest reveal that up to a quarter of reported child sexual abuse cases may involve female perpetrators. This figure implies a discrepancy …
The second wave of violence scholarship
Research shouldn’t be a dirty thought, but race is a problematic construct
The use of race in research is always problematic as it is loaded with dangers and unforeseeable consequences. Where race (or ethnicity interpreted as colour-based) is used as a variable or an ‘explanation’, politically constructed racial categories are reproduced, thereby perpetuating stigma, discrimination, and racism. It was precisely this use of race that was exemplified in the recent publication, and subsequent retraction, of an article by N…
Community conversations as community engagement
This article reviews community conversations as a community engagement tool within the South African context by exploring the perceptions of the conversation hosts. A focus group discussion was held with community conversation hosts to better understand the community conversation process and its community engagement value. Their reflections are reviewed against four principles of community engagement, namely, appreciation, applicability, provocat…
Accounting for the ‘invisibility’ of the female paedophile
Female child sex offenders are, for the most part, invisible within the existing body of scholarly literature. Additionally, female child sexual offenders are met with disbelief by the public and there are rarely legal consequences for their actions. However, the few studies reporting on female child sexual interest reveal that up to a quarter of reported child sexual abuse cases may involve female perpetrators. This figure implies a discrepancy …
A Critical Review of Instruments Assessing Characteristics of Community
Community development is critical in South African and other low- to middle-income contexts characterised by unemployment, violence, poverty and poor infrastructure. The current asset-based trend in community research emphasises constructive community development and change through the mobilisation of existing and unrecognised community resources and skills. Following this trend we critically examine the conceptual soundness and logic of asset-ba…
Accounting for the ‘invisibility’ of the female paedophile
Female child sex offenders are, for the most part, invisible within the existing body of scholarly literature. Additionally, female child sexual offenders are met with disbelief by the public and there are rarely legal consequences for their actions. However, the few studies reporting on female child sexual interest reveal that up to a quarter of reported child sexual abuse cases may involve female perpetrators. This figure implies a discrepancy …
The Philosophical Assumptions, Utility and Challenges of Asset Mapping Approaches to Community Engagement
This literature review is a discussion of asset-based approaches to community engagement. Following a literature search, we identified several asset mapping approaches: Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD); Participatory Inquiry into Religious Health Assets, Networks and Agency (PIRHANA); Community Health Assets Mapping for Partnerships (CHAMP); the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA); Planning for Real® and approaches using Geographic Inf…
Community conversations as community engagement
This article reviews community conversations as a community engagement tool within the South African context by exploring the perceptions of the conversation hosts. A focus group discussion was held with community conversation hosts to better understand the community conversation process and its community engagement value. Their reflections are reviewed against four principles of community engagement, namely, appreciation, applicability, provocat…
Surfacing (im)possible victims
Female sex abuse (FSA) has recently gained increased visibility in academia, the legal and mental health systems and the media both globally and in South Africa. However, the academic research currently in circulation is primarily focused on abusers, resulting in very limited information on the victims. Victim data that is available is based mainly on studies conducted with these abusers. FSA victimhood is underexplored and many victims remain in…
The second wave of violence scholarship
Female-Perpetrated Sex Abuse
Female-Perpetrated Sex Abuse is a groundbreaking study into gender, sexuality and victimhood. It examines the cultural conditions of possibility for FSA victimhood as a means to advance contemporary critical understandings of the role of gender and sexuality as instruments of modern power. As the first direct exploration of FSA victimhood, this book analyses: why victims of FSA remain so underexplored and invisible as objects of human science kno…
Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Social science researchers in the global South, and in South Africa particularly, utilise research methods in innovative ways in order to respond to contexts characterised by diversity, racial and political tensions, socioeconomic disparities and gender inequalities. These methods often remain undocumented ? a gap that this book starts to address. Written by experts from various methodological fields, Transforming Research Methods in the Social S…
Research shouldn’t be a dirty thought, but race is a problematic construct
The use of race in research is always problematic as it is loaded with dangers and unforeseeable consequences. Where race (or ethnicity interpreted as colour-based) is used as a variable or an ‘explanation’, politically constructed racial categories are reproduced, thereby perpetuating stigma, discrimination, and racism. It was precisely this use of race that was exemplified in the recent publication, and subsequent retraction, of an article by N…
Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Confession, psychology and the shaping of subjectivity through interviews with victims of female-perpetrated sexual violence
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political science (6 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Intimate Partner and Family Violence (4 works) · Community Health and Development (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)