Anni Hesselink
Biographic Data
| ID | 4098362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anni Hesselink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anni |
| FAMILY NAME | Hesselink |
| SIGNATURE | HESSELINK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Africa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Child Sexual Abuse in South Africa
Child sexual abuse and the criminogenesis thereof are notably not perpetrated in isolation from physical and emotional abuse - although empirical evidence suggests that the most profound impact thereof revolves around a desire to escape (as a coping mechanism) into a world of deviant sexual fantasy, rape and murder. The article explores a phenomenological case study analysis of a serial rapist and murderer from birth to early adulthood, prior to …
Risk factors associated with youth gang involvement
This study explored risk factors for youth gang involvement in the South African setting. Participants were five youth male gang members (between 21 to 24 years) from Gauteng province, South Africa. We interviewed them on childhood experiences they perceived to predispose them to community gang membership, prison gang membership, and future reoffending behaviour. Four main themes emerged from the data analysis (i) push factors into gang activitie…
A criminological assessment of police brutality and criminality against women in custody in South Africa
In recent years, South Africa has become infamous for unacceptable high rates of police brutality and criminality. This article alludes to police brutality and criminality in general and explains women in custody’s fear and experience of police brutality in South Africa. A total of 56 women were interviewed over a 6-month period to determine the level of police brutality they endured while in custody. Special attention is given to the types of cr…
A criminological assessment on South African women who murdered their intimate male partners
This study aimed to unravel the offence-specific factors to murder by females of their intimate male partners. Participants were 15 South African women prison inmates serving sentences for murdering their male partners (age range from 22 years to 62 years). The majority (80%) of the sample were Black. Data were collected with in-depth one-on-one interviews with sentenced females and analysed from a criminological perspective according to reoccurr…
Behavioural characteristics of offenders with mental health disorders in a South African prison population
This exploratory study profiled behavioural characteristics of a non-random sample of 91 offenders with mental illness in a South African correctional facility. The sample is directly related to diagnosed cases from the correctional psychiatrist's case load. The most prevalent mental disorders diagnosed amongst the research participants of this sample specific profile were schizophrenia (33%), major depressive (27.5%), bipolar mood (12.1%) and ps…
Sex Offender Assessment Procedures
This study reports on the results of a reflective case analysis of a first generation assessment procedure of a chronic offender. The assessment focused on offender's experiential world and his pathway to crime, including precipitating crime risk factors as well as treatment needs to direct an intervention. The results of this assessment are compared with the results of a third-generation appraisal scale to evaluate the corresponding and/or diffe…
Child Sexual Abuse in South Africa
Child sexual abuse and the criminogenesis thereof are notably not perpetrated in isolation from physical and emotional abuse - although empirical evidence suggests that the most profound impact thereof revolves around a desire to escape (as a coping mechanism) into a world of deviant sexual fantasy, rape and murder. The article explores a phenomenological case study analysis of a serial rapist and murderer from birth to early adulthood, prior to …
Sex Offender Assessment Procedures
This study reports on the results of a reflective case analysis of a first generation assessment procedure of a chronic offender. The assessment focused on offender's experiential world and his pathway to crime, including precipitating crime risk factors as well as treatment needs to direct an intervention. The results of this assessment are compared with the results of a third-generation appraisal scale to evaluate the corresponding and/or diffe…
Behavioural characteristics of offenders with mental health disorders in a South African prison population
This exploratory study profiled behavioural characteristics of a non-random sample of 91 offenders with mental illness in a South African correctional facility. The sample is directly related to diagnosed cases from the correctional psychiatrist's case load. The most prevalent mental disorders diagnosed amongst the research participants of this sample specific profile were schizophrenia (33%), major depressive (27.5%), bipolar mood (12.1%) and ps…
A criminological assessment of police brutality and criminality against women in custody in South Africa
In recent years, South Africa has become infamous for unacceptable high rates of police brutality and criminality. This article alludes to police brutality and criminality in general and explains women in custody’s fear and experience of police brutality in South Africa. A total of 56 women were interviewed over a 6-month period to determine the level of police brutality they endured while in custody. Special attention is given to the types of cr…
A criminological assessment on South African women who murdered their intimate male partners
This study aimed to unravel the offence-specific factors to murder by females of their intimate male partners. Participants were 15 South African women prison inmates serving sentences for murdering their male partners (age range from 22 years to 62 years). The majority (80%) of the sample were Black. Data were collected with in-depth one-on-one interviews with sentenced females and analysed from a criminological perspective according to reoccurr…
Risk factors associated with youth gang involvement
This study explored risk factors for youth gang involvement in the South African setting. Participants were five youth male gang members (between 21 to 24 years) from Gauteng province, South Africa. We interviewed them on childhood experiences they perceived to predispose them to community gang membership, prison gang membership, and future reoffending behaviour. Four main themes emerged from the data analysis (i) push factors into gang activitie…
Child Sexual Abuse in South Africa
Child sexual abuse and the criminogenesis thereof are notably not perpetrated in isolation from physical and emotional abuse - although empirical evidence suggests that the most profound impact thereof revolves around a desire to escape (as a coping mechanism) into a world of deviant sexual fantasy, rape and murder. The article explores a phenomenological case study analysis of a serial rapist and murderer from birth to early adulthood, prior to …
Psychology (6 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Prison (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works)