Sherianne Kramer
Amsterdam University College, Social Sciences, Faculty Member
- University of Amsterdam, Anthropology, Department Memberadd
- Sherianne Kramer is a social science researcher and lecturer at the Amsterdam University College and the Amsterdam Co... moreSherianne Kramer is a social science researcher and lecturer at the Amsterdam University College and the Amsterdam Council on International Educational Exchange. She is also a member of the Critical Violence Studies research thrust in the in the Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), where she previously held a permanent position. Prior to joining Wits, she worked as a researcher at the University of South Africa's Institute for Social and Health Sciences as well as taught at Monash University. Her work has involved national-level crime and violence prevention as well as critically-oriented violence-related research; publication of findings in books and accredited journals; presentation of this research at both local and international conferences and workshops; the coordination and development of research projects; and lecturing, supervision and mentoring of students and interns. Her research interests are primarily focused within the social science and critical psychology disciplines and include crime and violence; female and child perpetrated physical and sexual transgression; male victimhood; and gender and sexual identity and performativity. She completed her PhD in 2014 in the area of female sexual perpetration with a focus on the victims of these crimes. Her book titled, Female-Perpetrated Sex Abuse: Knowledge, Power, and the Cultural Conditions of Victimhood examines the cultural conditions of possibility for FSA victimhood as a means to advance contemporary critical understandings of the role of gender and sexuality as instruments of modern power. Sherianne’s current research is focused on child and female perpetrations of violence and male victims. This research was awarded a competitive NRF Thuthuka Grant and was also attached to a European Research Council Grant that funded collaborative work with researchers on the Becoming Men: Masculinities in Urban Africa Project which is part of the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research housed in the Anthropology Department at the University of Amsterdam. Sherianne has received a number of other grants and various awards for her research, including The Feroza Adams Award for community involvement, research ability and academic prowess. Sherianne is a registered research psychologist and chaired the Psychological Society of South Africa Division for Research and Methodology between 2015 and 2017. She is currently an associate editor for the Journal of Social and Political Psychology.
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ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2402-8740
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South Africa has amongst the highest rates of homicide in the world, yet little is known about the contexts that shape fatal violence. One frequently feared context is robbery. We examine 68,801 robberies reported between 2003 and 2014 to... more
South Africa has amongst the highest rates of homicide in the world, yet little is known about the contexts that shape fatal violence. One frequently feared context is robbery. We examine 68,801 robberies reported between 2003 and 2014 to predict risk factors for cases resulting in victim death. Robbery-homicide is rare in South Africa and its risk factors differ from the country’s overall homicide profile. Significant correlates include day of the week, time of the day and the victim’s race. These findings demonstrate how context-sensitive understandings of violence are crucial to advancing research on homicide in low- and middle-income countries.
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Abstract Most research on sexual abuse examines the role of men in the perpetration of abuse against women and children. Few studies have explored victims’ accounts of Female-perpetrated Sexual Abuse (FSA), and even fewer have focused on... more
Abstract Most research on sexual abuse examines the role of men in the perpetration of abuse against women and children. Few studies have explored victims’ accounts of Female-perpetrated Sexual Abuse (FSA), and even fewer have focused on male FSA victims. However, the limited research available demonstrates that there are particular conditions that make it possible for men to identify as FSA victims. This is the first study of its kind that explores the possibilities for such self-identification by investigating how male victims negotiate masculinity and victimhood in the context of FSA in the Global South. As part of a larger study on FSA, we conducted semi-structured interviews with five culturally diverse South African men who self-identified as experiencing sexual abuse as children or adolescents by women, and analysed the data using a critical discourse analysis. We demonstrate precisely how contemporary constructions of gender and sexuality both produce and constrain possibilities for men who report childhood or adolescent FSA to identify as victims. These constructions are anchored in accounts that emphasise hierarchies of vulnerability, body betrayal, emasculation, preconceptions of ‘normal’ sexuality, the eroticisation of the female offender and ‘triumphant’ variants of masculinity. Such accounts present just how male victimhood becomes possible to ‘detect’ and challenge contemporary constructions of sexual violence, in turn suggesting new possibilities for understanding the conditions under which normative gender roles implicated in violence are sustained or disrupted.
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Based on data from the South African National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS), an epidemiological surveillance system of fatal injuries, this article reports on a retrospective analysis of the data on homicide in
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Traditions is an annual 'travelling event' that brings together scholars, writers, artists, activists, business people, policy makers, and others interested in traditions. Traditions is part of the University of South Africa's... more
Traditions is an annual 'travelling event' that brings together scholars, writers, artists, activists, business people, policy makers, and others interested in traditions. Traditions is part of the University of South Africa's Institute for Social and Health Sciences' Changing Traditions Project which is a transdisciplinary, international, and Africa-centred undertaking that intends to turn around the areas of wealth, identity, peace, and equality. Changing Traditions, in turn, is part of the Programme on Traditions and Transformation (POTT).
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The primary themes covered during the course included the epidemiology and prevention of road traffic injuries, including education, engineering and enforcement approaches, traffic safety priorities for 2010, vulnerable road users,... more
The primary themes covered during the course included the epidemiology and prevention of road traffic injuries, including education, engineering and enforcement approaches, traffic safety priorities for 2010, vulnerable road users, transportation and planning, evaluation and trauma care. These broad themes ensured that participants were able to leave the course with knowledge about the latest findings into and methodologies for prevention of traffic accidents and injuries as well information about proven policies, practices and enforcement strategies that continue to be considered effective. This kind of knowledge is imperative for professionals in the traffic industry as it provides the foundation for the development or improvement of traffic safety initiatives.
The International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS) was formed in 1997 in Amsterdam following a congress on sexuality studies. This congress set the tone for the interdisciplinary and multicultural... more
The International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS) was formed in 1997 in Amsterdam following a congress on sexuality studies. This congress set the tone for the interdisciplinary and multicultural nature of IASSCS with participating scholars from anthropology, history, sociology, psychology, health policy, and cultural and gender studies. In fact, this is the first interdisciplinary organisation of its kind in the field of sexuality, giving IASSCS a unique and international standpoint in the global academic and political fields of sexuality. The primary aim of developing IASSCS was to address the fragmented character of sexuality studies by providing an interdisciplinary forum that values a variety of theories and cultures in understanding sexuality. A by-product of this was the successful development and expansion of sexuality studies across the globe and in low income countries, providing the field with the international recognition and approval...
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by thesis in the field of Psychology. University of the... more
A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by thesis in the field of Psychology. University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2014
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Abstract: Traditions is an annual'travelling event'that brings together scholars, writers, artists, activists, business people, policy makers, and others interested in traditions. Traditions is part of the... more
Abstract: Traditions is an annual'travelling event'that brings together scholars, writers, artists, activists, business people, policy makers, and others interested in traditions. Traditions is part of the University of South Africa's Institute for Social and Health Sciences' Changing Traditions Project which is a transdisciplinary, international, and Africa-centred undertaking that intends to turn around the areas of wealth, identity, peace, and equality. Changing Traditions, in turn, is part of the Programme on Traditions and Transformation (POTT).
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South Africa has high rates of violence. The country has benefitted enormously from the use of injury surveillance data from the health sector, but there is a need to explore other avenues of routine data to advance violence prevention.... more
South Africa has high rates of violence. The country has benefitted enormously from the use of injury surveillance data from the health sector, but there is a need to explore other avenues of routine data to advance violence prevention. We demonstrate the value of using routinely collected police data for enhancing our understanding of robbery as an important situational context for violence in South Africa. We analysed 1,841,253 cases reported to the police between 2003 and 2014 to describe the distribution and predictors of robbery violence in South Africa. Robbery is prevalent in South Africa, but the use of violence beyond the threat of force is rare. After adjusting for confounding factors, the probability of co-occurring violence increases when robbery occurs at night, on weekends, involves cash and where the victims are black, young and female. Using routinely collected police data is valuable for investigating the situational dimensions of violence, thereby enhancing our und...
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Abstract Based on data from the South African National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS), an epidemiological surveillance system of fatal injuries, this article reports on a retrospective analysis of the data on homicide in... more
Abstract Based on data from the South African National Injury Mortality Surveillance System (NIMSS), an epidemiological surveillance system of fatal injuries, this article reports on a retrospective analysis of the data on homicide in Johannesburg, South Africa. In South Africa, as is the case in other African countries, the collection of comprehensive, quality injury data, on which inferential analyses can be conducted, remains a challenge. As such, the analysis here was drawn from the NIMSS for homicides in Johannesburg for the years ...
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In S. Laher, A. Fynn, & S. Kramer (Eds.), Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Case Studies from South Africa
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In S. Laher, A. Fynn, & S. Kramer (Eds.), Transforming Research Methods in the Social Sciences: Case Studies from South Africa.