Prof NP Dastile

• D Lit et Phil - Unisa
• MA Criminology - University of Pretoria
• Hons Criminology (Cum Laude) - Unitra 

• Master's student supervisor

• Gender and crime
• Decolonial epistemic perspective
• Offender assessment and rehabilitative programming
• Pan African criminology
• African centred methodologies
• Alternative research methodologies

• Gender and crime 

• Contributed to Female Crime. Fundamental Criminology Handbook: Chapter 10

• Newsletter: 2010: Standing Group on Organised Crime. E-Newsletter. February 2010, Volume 9, Issue 1. Profile of female drug traffickers in South Africa.

2004:

Conference Theme:  Practitioner course in Victimology, Victim assistance and Criminal Justice.
Paper Presented: The model of sexual harassment and rape of female students at the University of Venda”.
Date: Cape Town:   8 July 2004

Theme: Marketing Forum
Paper Presented:  The nature of sexual harassment and rape of female students at the University of Venda.
Date & Venue: Pretoria,  18 March 2004

2006:  

Workshop:  Student Practitioner course in Victimology, Victim assistance and Criminal Justice in Dubrovnik: Paper Presented:  “The nature and consequences of sexual harassment and rape of female students in tertiary institutions”. Date & Venue: Dubrovnik:  9-16 May 2006

2007:  

Conference Theme: International Conference on Criminology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria. Paper Presented: “Sexual victimization at a SA tertiary institution: the victim’s perception of the perpetrator”
Date:  27 -29 May 2007 : Conference Theme: What works with female offenders.
Paper Presented: South African women in prison: A critical perspective”
Date: 10 to 12 September 2007. Prato Italy.

2008:

Presentation visiting students from Stockton College, USA. Paper Presented:    Crossing the social boundary: Female offenders incarcerated in South African correctional institutions” :Venue: Johannesburg;  8^th January 2008).

2009: 

Conference Theme: CRIMSA Bi-ennual Conference
Paper Presented:  “Babies behind bars : exposure to incarceration : a multidisciplinary perspective.
Venue and date: University of South Africa, 27-29 September

Conference Theme: CRIMSA Bi-ennual conference: Paper Presented:  “Black Female offending in post-apartheid South Africa” .  Venue: University of South Africa, South Africa, Date: 27-29 September 2009

Conference Theme: Joshua West Conference: Paper Presented: “Women and economic offending in South Africa”  Date: 27 September 2009

2010:

Workshop Theme: Crimsa Annual General Meeting
Paper Presented: Babies behind bars : Exposure to incarceration : A Multidisciplinary perspective”
Date:  University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 2 February 2010).

Conference Theme : Societies in Transition: Balancing Security, Social Justice and Tradition” 9^th Biennual International Conference
Paper presented: The nexus between drug use/abuse and drug trafficking among women incarcerated in South African Correctional Centers: Date : Morocco: 2-5 June 2010.

Conference Theme: Towards a coherent strategy for crime reduction in South Africa beyond 2010.
Paper Presented: Gendered needs of women incarcerated in South African Correctional Centres : Implications for classification and rehabilitation”.
Date & Venue: Sandton Conventional Center; Johannesburg. 1-2 December 2010).

2011:

Conference Theme: Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences:  Strengthening American/Canadian Corrections.  Paper Presented: Rethinking women’s pathways to incarceration among women within the South African context.   Date & Venue:  1-5 March  2011. Canada , Toronto.
Conference Theme:  Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
Paper presented: Gendered needs of women in South African correctional centers
Venue & Date: 26-28 September. Washington DC

2012:

Workshop presentation: Theme: Decolonial meditations
Title of Paper: Breaking bread with female offenders in South Africa: Towards generation of testimonial knowledge on female criminality in South Africa.
Hosted: Africa Decolonial Network

2014:

Conference Theme:  National and international perspectives on crime reduction and criminal Justice. Paper presented: Basifundisa ngesilungu besifundisela ntoni? Marginalisation of African  indigenous-speaking women in education programming inside correctional centres
Venue: Hyatt Johannesburg
Date: 21-22 August

Conference Theme: Towards re-invigorating the Arts. Paper presented : Everyday forms of learning among women incarcerated in South African correctional centres.
Venue: University of South Africa
Date: 10-11 October 2013

2016:

College of Law Spring Law Conference: Girls at point Zero.

2017:

Symposium on Critical Race Theory

• Ford Foundation Scholarship (2008)
• Excellence in Teaching (2008) – Monash University Australia
• Young Academics (2010 Cohort)
• Assessment Training (2009)
• Council member : International Victimology Society
• Member of African Decolonial Network (ADERN)
• Vision Keepers 2013 cohort
• Academic Management Capacity Programme: (2017). UNISA
• Member of critical race, critical times: race, space and identity UKZN

• Women who kill
• Assessment of offenders