Office
Main Building: South Block 17
Mrs Olivier’s research activities developed from her interest and experience in the field of Forensic Criminology. She is particularly interested in the various Criminal Justice processes and how individuals and communities who engage with and are affected by these processes perceive them. With a clear focus on the Judicial System she aimsto engage with communities about how they perceive judges, magistrates, lawyers and prosecutorsin order to understand how the changes in perception of the Judiciary and Judicial processes affects the community’s involvement in those very processes
Publications (Short List)
Conference and Workshop Presentations:
Olivier, K.P. & Mutsiwa, A. (2017, August). “It’s a Bingo Match!” The fallibility of expert witness forensic evidence in the criminal justice system. CRIMSA 2017 Conference, Johannesburg.
Olivier, K.P. and Khan, S. (2017, August). The criminologist as expert witness in court: a structural functionalist perspective. CRIMSA 2017 Conference, Johannesburg.
Criminal Justice System Processes
Forensic Criminology.
CRIM 1514 Introduction to Criminology
CRIM 3744: Forensic Criminology
Committees, Portfolios and Memberships:
Member of the Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa (CRIMSA) since 2016
Member of the World Society of Victimology (WSV) since 2019
Executive member of the UFS Women`s Forum