Research Interests
Research areas are diverse and include:
- Crime and Criminality
- Migration
- Religious Tolerance
- The Criminal Justice System
- Correctional Theory and Practice
- Human Rights
- Women and health issues
- Youth
- The Indian Diaspora in the 21st century
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems
- Higher Education
Teaching Interests
- Introduction to Criminology
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Criminalistics: Crime Scene Investigation
- Victimology
- Forensic Criminology
- Correctional Theory and Practice
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Chapters in Books
Journal Articles
- An article entitled, “The Historical Development of Prisons in South Africa: A Penological Perspective” has been published in the journal New Contree (SAPSE accredited), No. 50, November 2005, pp.15-38.
- An article entitled “Challenging Stereotypes of Street Children” has been published in the book Undressing Durban (first edition). Editors Rob Pattman & Sultan Khan, July 2006. Book published for the XVI ISA World Congress of Sociology held in Durban, KwaZulu Natal in July 2006.
- An article entitled, “The History of Crime among People of Indian Origin in South Africa” was published in the international journal (SAPSE accredited), “The Anthropologist”, Volume 8, July 2006, pp.147-156.
- An article entitled “Overcrowding in South African Prisons: The Reality in the 21st Century” was published in the journal New Contree (SAPSE accredited), No 51, May 2006 pp.173-201.
- In October 2006 an article entitled “‘A World of Darkness’: Polarization of Prisoners”, was published in the journal, “Alternations” (SAPSE accredited) pp134-152.
- An article entitled, “Substance abuse: the scourge in the Indian community in Durban, South Africa”, has been published in the international journal, “The Oriental Anthropologist”, Volume 7, January 2007 (SAPSE accredited) pp. 156-175.
- An article entitled, “Being a Criminology Ethnographer in a South African Prison: A search for dynamics and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Westville Prison, Durban, South Africa”, has been published in the international journal, “Journal of Social Sciences”, Volume 15, July 2007 (SAPSE accredited) pp. 71-82
- An article entitled “Overcrowding in a Durban Prison” has been published in the book Undressing Durban, Section 10-Punishments. Editors Rob Pattman & Sultan Khan, 2007, 292-296.
- An article entitled “Challenging Stereotypes of Street Children” has been published in the book Undressing Durban, Section 7-Living on the Streets and in Shelters in Durban. Editors Rob Pattman & Sultan Khan, 2007, 190-195.
- An article entitled “The Historical Development of Alternatives to Imprisonment within the South African Criminal Justice System” was published in the journal New Contree (SAPSE accredited), No 53, May 2007, pp. 111-134.
- An article entitled “Towards conceptual clarity of incarceration and rehabilitation within the South African Criminal Justice System” has been published by the Criminological Society of South Africa (CRIMSA) (SAPSE accredited), to be published March 2008.
- An article entitled “Voices of the incarcerated: Prison inmate awareness of HIV and AIDS within the Westville Medium B Prison, Durban, South Africa” has been published in the journal Sociological Bulletin (SAPSE accredited), 2008.
- An article entitled “Female Prisoners’ Perspective: Predictors of HIV and AIDS within the Westville Female Max C1 Prison, Durban, South Africa” has been published in the Oriental Anthropologist, Volume 9 Number 2, 2009 (SAPSE accredited).
- An article titled “Legislation: The implementation of health policies in a female prison in Durban, South Africa” has been published in the journal Agenda-2009.
- An article entitled “Environmental Design, Crime and the Re-Racialisation of South African Society” has been published in the international journal The Anthropologist special issue 4 2009 (SAPSE accredited).
- An article entitled “In search of my Roots: Turning Historical Adversity into Advantage- A Case Study on the Life of Mr. Thelochan Balgobind” published in a peer reviewed Journal of Social Sciences. October 2010. (SAPSE accredited).
- An Article entitled “Criminology in the 21st Century: through the eyes of Academics” was published in the ACTA Criminologica. CRIMSA Special Edition 2. 2010 .P 11-24 (SAPSE accredited).
- “Crime in post-apartheid South Africa: open spaces, high fences and the entrenchment of racial cleavages” was published in the journal by the National Law Institute University, Bhopal, India 2010.
- Chapter 4 titled “The Extent of Crime in South Africa” was published in the text book “A Southern African Perspective on Fundamental Criminology”.
- Pearson Education South Africa. It is the first Criminology text book for South Africa. 2011.
- An Article entitled “Racialisation of South African Society: Indians as Victims and Africans as Perpetrators” Published in the Oriental Anthropologist, Vol 11, No 2, 2011. P209-222.
- An Article entitled “Xenophobia and Crime: Foreign Nationals Awaiting Trial in A South African Prison” was published in the ACTA Criminologica, 24 (3). 2011 .P 31-47 (SAPSE accredited).
- An article titled “Ganga to Sugars”: The History of substance abuse by Indian Youth in the working class township of Chatsworth, Durban”, has been published in the international journal Oriental Anthropologist, July-December, Vol 12.2012.
- An article titled “Offender reintegration programme and its role in reducing recidivism: Exploring perceptions of the effectiveness of Tough Enough Programme”, has been published in ACTA Criminologica 2012.
- An article titled “Ahimsa” and Domestic Violence in the Metropolitan Area of Durban, South Africa” has been published in the international journal, Sociology and Social Anthropology (JSSA) 2013.
- An Article “Interfaith Marriages in the name of Love: Prospects for Marital Stability amongst a Group of people of Indian Origin in the Durban Metropolitan area, South Africa” by Khan S and Singh B has been published in Man in India 2013.
- An Article “Gender Perception of Crime and its Reduction amongst White South Africans in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal” published in an international journal, Oriental Anthropologist. Singh S.B and Khan S. 2013
- An article “Voices from behind Bars”: Xenophobia and Foreign Nationals Incarcerated in a South African Correctional Centre”. Has been published in the journal Alternations 7 2013 p 215-240.
- An article “Drugs, Youth and Crime “ : The South African Predicament has been published in the international journal the Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology , Volume 3 p. 9-17, 2013.
- Editorial in the journal JSSA, Youth and Globalisation, Volume 3, 2013 was done by S Singh and J. Gugganath.2013
- An article “Youth in Conflict with the Law – A Study of the Psycho-socio and Criminogenic Factors of South African Youth in Detention”, was published in the Journal of Psychology, Vol. 5(2):105-114 (with Khan, S).2014
- An article “An overview of the Prevalent types of Criminal Activities in India and South Africa”, Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology; Special Volume 4: 63-72 2014.
- An article “The Economics of Transnational Organised Crime (TOC) in the Maritime Domain: Drug Trafficking in Africa and the Southern African Continent.” was published in the Journal of Social Sciences. Vol. 41(3):523-534 (with Khan, S). 2014.
- An article “India and its Diaspora: making sense of Hindu identity in South Africa”, published in Diaspora Studies 7(1)28–41 (with Gopal, N and Khan, S). 2014.
- An article “Doing time for Crime”: The historical development of the different models (approaches) of treatment for incarcerated offenders at the Westville Correctional Centre, Durban, South Africa. New Contree, a Journal of Historical and Human Sciences for Southern Africa; Special edition, No.70 November 2014. P 251-274.
- An article Theory of Segmented Assimilation: A comparative study of Nigerian migrant’s integration in Kwa Zulu Natal Province; published in the Journal of Social Science, Volume 3; No 1; January 2014. P224-233 (with Mr. Kombi Sausi).2014
- An article Interfaith Marriages and Marital Stability amongst the Indian Diaspora in the Durban Metropolitan Area, South Africa in Pratap Kumar (ed) Indian Diaspora: Socio-Cultural and Religious Worlds, Brill Publishers Boston 177-198 (with Prof S Khan).2015
- An article “To the Villages of India”: Case studies on the Search for an Indian Identity published in the Alternations Journal 2015, Special edition No 15 pp. 225-245. 2015
- An article Experiences of Women in Polygynous Unions in Hammasrsdale, South Africa published in the Journal of Psychology, Volume 6, No 2, pp. 158-168 (with Dr. Zama Mkhize). 2015
- 40. An article Migration from Pakistan to South Africa: Case Studies of Pakistanis in Verulam, South Africa published in the Oriental Anthropologist, Volume 15, No 2, pp. 389-403. 2015
- An article Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration: A South African Perspective published in the Journal of Social Science, 46(1): 1-10. 2016
- Singh S B “The Global Link”: Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) and its Impact on People of Indian Origin in Durban, South Africa published In the Journal of Communication 2016
- Singh S B “Changing Lives: Drugs and Youth in South Africa” published in the Journal of Sociology and Social Anthropology 2016
- Singh SB “Migration and African Foreign Nationals Incarcerated at Westville Correctional Centre, Durban, South Africa”. Published in Nordic Journal of African Studies 26(2) 2017
- Singh SB and Precious Nolwazi Ntuli “Diversion Programmes: Case Studies of the Youth Empowerment Scheme Programme at NICRO, Durban, South Africa”. Published in The Oriental Anthropologist Volume 17 July-December 2017.
- Singh S. An Anthropological Analysis of the migration Crisis in Sweden: Perceptions of Swedes on Refugees. Published in Oriental anthropologist. Volume number: 18, Issue number: 2 ,Pages: 177-195, (2018).
- Singh S, Tolla AD. Child Trafficking (modern slavery) in Ethiopia: Review on status and national response. Published in Child Abuse Research in South Africa (CARSA) (Child Abuse Research – A South African Journal), Volume number: 19, Issue number: 1, Pages: 58-70. (2018).
- Singh S, Mbhele N. A criminological exploration of patrons interaction with bouncers. Acta Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology and Victimology (Formelry Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology)Volume number: 32, Issue number: 1 , Pages: 76-95 (2019).
- Singh S and Bashisi P. A critical analysis on offender’s rehabilitation approach in South Africa: A review of the Literature. African Journal of Criminology and Justice Studies Volume number: Vol 12, Issue number: No 1, Pages: 31-43 (2019).
- Singh S and Tolla A. Child trafficking as 21st century slavery: Push factors for child trafficking in Ethiopia, East Africa. Alternation: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of the Arts and Humanities in Southern Africa (Formerly International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages), Volume number: 26, Issue number: Spec Ed 28, Pages: 278-308, (2019).
- Singh S, Ntuli PN. Exploring diversion programmes for youth in conflict with the law: A case study of the youth empowerment scheme programme at Nicro, Durban, South Arica. Acta Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology and Victimology Volume number: 32, Issue number: 2, Pages: 47-62, (2019).
- Singh S, Cinini SF. Xenophobia in South Africa: A Human Security Perspective on African Foreign Nationals in Durban. Journal of African Foreign Affairs. Volume number: 6, Issue number: 2, Pages: 51-73. (2019).
- Singh S, Khan S. Empowering Women in Blue Uniforms-Gender and Police in South Africa. Gender Questions Volume number: 7, Issue number: 1, Pages: 1-15. (2019).
- Olofinbiyi, S.A & Singh, B.S (2020). Migration, urbanization and adolescent prostitution in Nigeria. The Oriental Anthropologist, 20(2):1-16. DOI: 10.1177/0972558X20952283
- Olofinbiyi, S.A. & Singh, S.B. (2020). On the crisis of Boko Haram terrorism.: An interactive theoretical approach. African Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies{Formerly Ubuntu},9(2):9-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2634-3665/2020/s9n2a1
- Olofinbiyi, S.A. & Singh, S.B. (2020). The role and place of COVID-19: An opportunistic avenue for exponential world’s upsurge in cybercrime. International Journal of Criminology & Sociology,9(11):221-230. DOI: https://doi.org/10.6000/19294409.2020.09.20.
- Nkosi, S, L., Olofinbiyi, S.A., Nobanda, S., & Singh, S.B. (2020). On the crisis of land reform in South Africa: from rightful ownership to criminality. Journal of Nation-building and Policy Studies,4(1):75-95. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-3132/2020/v4n1a4
- Olofinbiyi, S.A & Singh, S.B. (2020). Bad governance as socio-historical springboard of youth recruitment into Boko Haram terrorism. African Renaissance, 17(2):59-82. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/17n2a3
- Olofinbiyi, S.A & Singh, S.B. (2020). Poor education and unemployment implications for youth crimes in Nigeria. International Journal of Criminology and Sociology, 9(10):87-100. DOI: https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-4409.2020.09.09
- Patrick Bashizi Bashige Murhula & Shanta B Singh. An Empirical Assessment of the Effectiveness of Offenders’ Rehabilitation Approach in South Africa: A Case Study of the Westville Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal (The Oriental Anthropologist, 2020).
- Patrick Bashizi Bashige Murhula, Shanta B Singh & Sunshine M Myende. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Gender-Based Violence: A Global Review and Analysis (International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2020).
- Aden Tolla, A. and Shanta Balgobind Singh, 2020. Empirical Research on the Extent of Child Trafficking in South Gondar, Ethiopia. Submitted to journal of human trafficking.
- Aden Dejene Tolla, Shanta Singh and Dejene Wordoffa, 2020. Back to the indigenous system in Africa: the contribution of African Indigenous criminal justice system (Gada system and Ubuntu) to the formal criminal justice to the world. Submitted to Gender and Behaviour Journal.
Chapters in Books
Chapters Published-Peer reviewed
- The Extent of Crime in South Africa, Chapter 4, p 91-121. A Southern African Perspective on Fundamental Criminology, Pearson Publishers, 2011.
- India and its Diaspora: making sense of Hindu identity in South Africa. Diaspora Studies 7(1)28–41 (with Prof S. Khan and Gopal). 2014.
- Interfaith Marriages in the Name of Love: Prospects for Marital Stability amongst a Group of People of Indian Origin in the Durban Metropolitan Area, South Africa with S Khan Brill Publisher, Book Chapter 2015
- Chapter Crime and Human Security: South Africa Twenty One Years Post Democracy to be published in ‘Africa development: New Perspectives and Emerging Alternatives’, Palgrave Macmillan 2018
Community Engagement
- The Learner-ship Programme with the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). Initiated in 2016
- Renewal of MOU with DCS until 2022
- Food Garden Project 2021Cato Manor
Teaching Expertise
- Introduction to Criminology
- Introduction to Criminal Justice
- Criminalistics: Crime Scene Investigation
- Victimology
- Forensic Criminology
- Correctional Theory and Practice
Student Supervision
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approx. Honours
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approx. Masters
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approx. PhD