Publications by authors named "Ella Kotze"
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- South Africa has high rates of violence, and analyzing police data can improve understanding of robbery-related violence as part of violence prevention efforts.
- A study of over 1.8 million police reports from 2003-2014 revealed that while robbery is common, severe violence rarely occurs, with certain factors like timing and victim demographics increasing the likelihood of violence during robberies.
- Utilizing police data provides insights into the situational aspects of violence, which can help develop targeted strategies for violence prevention in South Africa.
For lesbians, "coming out" or disclosing one's sexual orientation has come to be seen as a marker of self-acceptance, actualization, and the imperative first step in the authentication of a liberated subjectivity and social identity. However, other critical schools of thought, largely informed by Foucault's middle writings, have argued that "coming out" is merely a confessional response to an incitement to discourse about sex. This study explored constructions of coming out by a group of self-identified lesbians in South Africa.
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