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Dr Lufuno Sadiki is senior lecturer in the Centre of Criminology. She holds a PhD in Criminology from the University of Pretoria. Before joining the centre, she lectured Criminology theory, violent crime, political offences at the University of Pretoria and Victimology, crime prevention and delinquency and juvenile justice system at the University of Venda. Furthermore, she worked at TopicWorx as an analyst, focusing on environmental crime, safety and security in higher education and risk and security in sub-Saharan Africa.

Her research interests’ centres around decolonisation and transformation within the discipline of Criminology, seeking to uncover and challenge the colonial underpinnings embedded within criminological theory, methodology, and practice, while advocating for more inclusive and diverse perspectives. Additionally, her scholarly inquiry encompasses the realm of victimisation among marginalised populations, particularly focusing on the experiences of homeless individuals and an exploration of risk and vulnerability among young adults and female offenders.

She is part of the editorial team of the Acta Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology and Victimology and recently launched journal (De)Constructing Criminology: International Perspectives. She is a member of the Department of Correctional Services Research Ethics Committee and of the South African Human Rights Commission Section 11 Committee on the National Question and Anti-Racism.

Expertise/research interests

Criminology theory, female criminality, decolonisation, transformation, victimisation, risk and vulnerability, homelessness.

Teaching

She lectures Crime and Deviance in South African Cities (PBL2800F)

Publications

Sadiki, L. 2023. In solitary confinement: The constrained identities, spaces and voices of Black women criminologists in post-apartheid South Africa, Agenda, DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2250533

Sadiki, L. & Steyn, F. 2022. Decolonising the Criminology curriculum in South Africa: Views and experiences of lecturers and postgraduate students. Transformation in Higher Education 7(0), a150. https://doi.org/10.4102/the.v7i0.150.

Sadiki, L. & Steyn, F. 2021. Destitute and vulnerable – Fear of Destitute and vulnerable- Fear of crime and victimisation among the homeless in urban and rural settings in South Africa. The Strategic Review for Southern Africa, 43(1):57-76.

Sadiki, L & Steyn, F. 2021. Sticky Floors and Glass Ceilings: Transformation of a Criminology Journal in Post-Apartheid South Africa in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 32:1, 90- 107.

Sadiki, L. & Steyn, F. 2020. All hands on deck! Responding to undergraduate criminology teaching and learning in a time of pandemic pedagogy. Acta Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology and Victimology Special Edition: Impact of COVID-19/ 33(3): 149-168.

Steyn, F. & Sadiki, L. 2020. What do students think about crime, criminality and criminology, and do their perceptions change over time? Acta Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology and Victimology, 33(2): 23-42.

Steyn, F. & Sadiki, L. 2018. Diversion. In Bezuidenhout, C. (Eds). Child and youth misbehaviour in South Africa- A holistic approach. 4th Edition. Pretoria: Van Schaik.

Sadiki, L. 2020. Towards an African Criminology. In: Bezuidenhout, C. (Ed.). A Southern African perspective on fundamental Criminology. Cape Town: Pearson South Africa. pp 658- 662.

Steyn, F. & Sadiki, L. 2023. Diversion. In Bezuidenhout, C. (Eds). Child and youth misbehaviour in South Africa- A holistic approach. 5th Edition. Pretoria: Van Schaik.