Staff Profile:

Dr Emma Campbell (She/Her) Degrees: BSW (UCT); BSocSc Honours in Probation and Correctional Practice (UCT); PhD in Social Development Position Title: Lecturer Location: Office 5.08.01, Leslie Social Sciences Building, Upper Campus, UCT E-mail: emma.campbell@uct.ac.za Tel: +27 (0) 722 119 548 Consultation Times: By Appointment. E-mail or call to request an appointment. Key Roles in the Department:  Convenor and lecturer for SWK4015F Social Research and SWK4016S Research Practice Project. Convenor and lecturer for SWK1006S Basic Professional Interactions. Convenor and lecturer for SWK4032S Social Policy and Management. Supervisor for SWK5013H Masters Internship. Postgraduate research supervisor.

Brief Biography:

Emma Campbell is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Development at the University of Cape Town. Her research interests include criminal justice and forensic social work. She completed her PhD dissertation at The University of Cape Town in 2021. Her PhD research topic was developmental and life-course pathways for antisocial behaviour among young adults in the Western Cape, South Africa. In her research she explored numerous theories for deviant behaviour among South African youth, including psychopathic traits, childhood adversity, peer influence and social control. Hence a strong interest in the developmental, multi-systemic approach to understanding human behaviour.

Emma Campbell also has an interest in trauma work. Emma volunteered trauma counselling to individuals and families in Covid wards during the Covid-19 pandemic whilst working in oncology Social Work. Emma also facilitated regular trauma debriefing groups for frontline staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Research Interest Areas:

Criminal Justice Social Work, Forensic Social Work, Trauma-Informed Social Work Assessment and Intervention, Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Crime Prevention, and Youth Deviance.

Teaching Areas:

SWK4015F Social Research

SWK4016S Research Practice Project

SWK4032S Social Policy and Management

SWK1004S Basic Professional Interactions

Recent Publications:

Campbell, E. J., & Holtzhausen, L. (2020). Compassion fatigue and resilience among child protection service workers in South Africa. Southern African Journal of Social Work and Social Development, 32(1), 10-25159.

Holtzhausen, L., & Campbell, E. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences as a risk factor for anti-social behaviour among young adults in the Western Cape, South Africa. Acta Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology & Victimology, 34(1), 24-47.

Pereira, M. et al., (2022). The global impact of adverse childhood experiences on criminal behavior: A cross-continental study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 124, 105459.

Holtzhausen, L., & Campbell, E. (2023). Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory‐Short Version among young people in South Africa and the relationship of high scale scores to reported offending or similar deviant behaviour. Criminal behaviour and mental health, 33(6), 415-427.

Conference/Congress/Seminar Presentations:

International:

NAME OF CONFERENCE: 5^TH Word Congress on Resilience

DATE OF CONFERENCE: 26 to 28 May 2022

TITLE OF PRESENTATION: Compassion fatigue and resilience among child protection service workers in South Africa under “Human Development, Sustainable Development and Resilience”.

NAME OF CONFERENCE: ASASWEI

DATE OF CONFERENCE: 27 to 29 September 2023

TITLE OF PRESENTATION: Testing Psychopathy as a Unified Theory of Crime and the Psychometric properties of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory- Short Version among South African Youth