Microcredit is perceived as an effective tool to empower women, especially those who are
deprived of accessing financial services. However, the literature has arrived with …

In our attempts to understand crime, researchers typically focus on proximate factors such as
the psychology of offenders, their developmental history, and the social structure in which …

Background Despite the availability of copious information regarding contraceptive use
benefits and the factors that influence the uptake of the services, there is little evidence …

This book offers a clear, up-to-date, comprehensive, and theoretically informed introduction
to criminal psychology, exploring how psychological explanations and approaches can be …

The Mosuo, arguably the last surviving matrilineal society in China, offers interesting insights
into kinship practices that support reproduction. In particular, the modes of courtship and …

Gender-based violence is deeply rooted in hegemonic masculinity and patriarchy, the
source of both hostile and benevolent sexism. This study is an assessment of a gender …

Although the emergence of gender segregation in early childhood is a well‐established
pattern in formal settings (ie, group childcare, preschool) from research predominantly in …

During human evolution the prevention of cuckoldry has been an adaptive problem for the
human male, solved in many other species by intensely guarding females during fertile …

Feminism involves sociocultural criticisms of existing patriarchy. Although evolutionary
psychology principles are held in distrust by some feminist scholars, the two perspectives …

Citizens of South Africa are currently desperate for service delivery at local government
level. Ensuring the delivery of desired levels of service to communities, through …