Caroline Agboola
Biographic Data
| ID | 6189447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Agboola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Agboola |
| SIGNATURE | AGBOOLA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8862-7566 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Compassion fatigue in the line of duty
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A systematic review of the multifaceted impact of child marriage on victims
Financial Commitments of Commuter Couples
Illicit drugs use in South African female correctional centres
the number of male prisoners is several times that of female prisoners worldwide, yet paradoxically, women illicit drug users outnumber men.even though the use of illicit drugs is prohibited within prisons, the substances continue to permeate prisons and the behaviour thrives therein.the channels through which illicit drugs make their way into female correctional centres in south africa otherwise referred to as female prisons in other parts of th…
Women’s pathways into crime and incarceration
This article explored the pathways of women in South Africa into criminality. Using in-depth interviews, eleven women ex-offenders and women parolees, who were incarcerated in South African correctional centres, recounted experiences from their life histories which influenced their criminal offending. Some shared life histories of the participants before incarceration were experiences of sexual and emotional abuse, and dysfunctional marriage. Als…
Pertinent African accounts of ambivalence and benefits in commuter marriages
The article attempts to unpack the ambivalence and benefits of commuter marriages. The study applied a qualitative paradigm, as well as a qualitative approach to investigate 17 participants between the ages of 30 to 52 (13 women and 4 men), of various occupations including bankers, civil/public servants, businessmen and women, lecturers, lawyers, teachers, managers of private organisations politicians, sales representatives, and medical doctors. …
The Perceptions of Students in an Open Distance Learning (Odl) Institution on Life Skills as an Hiv and Aids Prevention Strategy
Most people, including university students, are faced with the challenge of preventing infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). There is a need to ensure that students, future graduates and the future workforce enter the workforce as health-conscious citizens. This descriptive, explorative, qualitative study was conducted among students of the University of South Africa (Unisa), and …
Information and Communications Technology (Ict) Access for Practicals Among Social Work Students in an Open Distance Learning University
This study utilised a non-experimental, quantitative research design to describe the ICT experiences of fourth-year Social Work students of the University of South Africa. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to select a sample of 317 students for the study. A questionnaire was used as a data-collection instrument and the data collected were analysed using SPSS. The study’s findings indicated that the majority of the students (83.5%) have …
Like a bridge over troubled landscapes
This article is based on the journeys of four women who completed their doctorates in the discipline of Sociology. The four former doctoral students studied at the same distance education institution in South Africa, but they hail from Nigeria, Lesotho and Cameroon, respectively. Together with their former supervisor, autoethnography is used to reflect on their academic journeys. In addition to their academic journeys, they also had to navigate p…
‘Why do they need to punish you more?’
This article reports on a study which examined the experiences of women in South Africa after imprisonment. Using in-depth interviews, the experiences of 13 women ex-prisoners who were imprisoned in South African prisons were examined. It emerged that some of the participants of the study experienced unemployment, stigma and discrimination, as well as the psychological effect of imprisonment after incarceration. The psychological effect of impris…
Books and Babies
(2013). Books and Babies: Pregnancy and Young Parents in Schools. South African Review of Sociology: Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 105-107
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Books and Babies
(2013). Books and Babies: Pregnancy and Young Parents in Schools. South African Review of Sociology: Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 105-107
‘Why do they need to punish you more?’
This article reports on a study which examined the experiences of women in South Africa after imprisonment. Using in-depth interviews, the experiences of 13 women ex-prisoners who were imprisoned in South African prisons were examined. It emerged that some of the participants of the study experienced unemployment, stigma and discrimination, as well as the psychological effect of imprisonment after incarceration. The psychological effect of impris…
Information and Communications Technology (Ict) Access for Practicals Among Social Work Students in an Open Distance Learning University
This study utilised a non-experimental, quantitative research design to describe the ICT experiences of fourth-year Social Work students of the University of South Africa. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to select a sample of 317 students for the study. A questionnaire was used as a data-collection instrument and the data collected were analysed using SPSS. The study’s findings indicated that the majority of the students (83.5%) have …
Like a bridge over troubled landscapes
This article is based on the journeys of four women who completed their doctorates in the discipline of Sociology. The four former doctoral students studied at the same distance education institution in South Africa, but they hail from Nigeria, Lesotho and Cameroon, respectively. Together with their former supervisor, autoethnography is used to reflect on their academic journeys. In addition to their academic journeys, they also had to navigate p…
Women’s pathways into crime and incarceration
This article explored the pathways of women in South Africa into criminality. Using in-depth interviews, eleven women ex-offenders and women parolees, who were incarcerated in South African correctional centres, recounted experiences from their life histories which influenced their criminal offending. Some shared life histories of the participants before incarceration were experiences of sexual and emotional abuse, and dysfunctional marriage. Als…
Pertinent African accounts of ambivalence and benefits in commuter marriages
The article attempts to unpack the ambivalence and benefits of commuter marriages. The study applied a qualitative paradigm, as well as a qualitative approach to investigate 17 participants between the ages of 30 to 52 (13 women and 4 men), of various occupations including bankers, civil/public servants, businessmen and women, lecturers, lawyers, teachers, managers of private organisations politicians, sales representatives, and medical doctors. …
The Perceptions of Students in an Open Distance Learning (Odl) Institution on Life Skills as an Hiv and Aids Prevention Strategy
Most people, including university students, are faced with the challenge of preventing infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). There is a need to ensure that students, future graduates and the future workforce enter the workforce as health-conscious citizens. This descriptive, explorative, qualitative study was conducted among students of the University of South Africa (Unisa), and …
Illicit drugs use in South African female correctional centres
the number of male prisoners is several times that of female prisoners worldwide, yet paradoxically, women illicit drug users outnumber men.even though the use of illicit drugs is prohibited within prisons, the substances continue to permeate prisons and the behaviour thrives therein.the channels through which illicit drugs make their way into female correctional centres in south africa otherwise referred to as female prisons in other parts of th…
A systematic review of the multifaceted impact of child marriage on victims
Financial Commitments of Commuter Couples
Compassion fatigue in the line of duty
Inderscience is a global company, a dynamic leading independent journal publisher disseminates the latest research across the broad fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; environment, ecological economics and sustainable development; computing, ICT and internet/web services, and related areas
Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Social science (3 works)