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ArticleInternational journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology2025

The Motherhood Experiences of Women Incarcerated at the Johannesburg Maximum Correctional Facility, in the Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Sheron Mathlatse Masekoameng, Bianca Rochelle Parry, Mattheus Eduard Fourie

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Article in International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sheron Mathlatse MasekoamengDepartment of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0008-1502-0588
Bianca Rochelle ParryCentre for Mediation in Africa (University of Pretoria), Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9937-9046
Mattheus Eduard FourieDepartment of Psychology, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
University of South Africa · ZAUniversity of Pretoria · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The percentage of female offenders who are single mothers of minor children is a growing concern among the total incarcerated population in South Africa and globally. This study aimed to explore how expectations about mothering manifest for incarcerated mothers who are physically separated from their children. The experience of motherhood was captured using face-to-face interviews with a guide of semi-structured questions with eight (8) incarcerated mothers at Johannesburg correctional facility, Gauteng province, South Africa. The data were analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) couched with Social Identity Theory (SIT) and revealed that circumstances that led to maternal pathways differed from the literature. The findings of this study provided a foundation of how the social context, together with maternal obligation, influences behaviors that women internalize, and which lead to offending behaviors. This warrants further research in an effort to curb and prevent maternal incarceration.

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Correctional FacilitiesMothersPrisonersAdultFemaleHumansSouth AfricaYoung Adultincarcerationmaternal obligationminor childrenmotherhoodseparationsingle mothersocial identity theorySouth Africa

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PMCPMC12009443
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