Prof J Steyn
Professor
Qualifications:
D Tech: Policing (TUT); M Tech: Policing (Tech PTA), B Tech: Policing (Tech PTA), BA Criminology and Psychology (UNISA), NDip: Police Management (Tech SA)
About
Jéan Steyn is currently professor of criminal justice, and Head of the Department of Criminal Justice, within the Faculty of Arts, at the University of Zululand. Before taking up this position he was the Executive Dean and Head of the School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Before said, Jéan was the Academic Leader / Deputy Dean of Research and Higher Degrees, and the Academic Leader / Head of Department of the Criminology and Forensic Studies Discipline / Department within the School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Looking further back, he was employed as an associate professor (also lecturer and senior lecturer) within the Department of Safety and Security Management at the Tshwane University of Technology, for just over a decade. Afore, he was a functional member and commander in the South African Police Service, for ten years. Jéan is an Expert Advisor to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and member of the eThekwini Municipality Civilian Oversight Committee of the Durban Metropolitan Police Service. He has been the Chair of the Policing Portfolio of the Criminology and Victimology Society of Southern Africa, as well as Editor-In-Chief of the Southern African Journal of Criminology.
He is an honorary appointee of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, honorary member of the International Police Association, and the Police Association of South Africa. Professor Steyn is a blindly nominated and blindly elected member of the South African Academy of Science and Arts. Jéan is a member of the South African Association of Public Administration and Management, as well as a member of the Association of Southern African Schools and Departments of Public Administration and Management. Jéan has acted as an expert witness in various court cases. Professor Steyn has received multiple awards, including but not limited to, distinguished awards for executive and specialised leadership, Faculty Senior Researcher of the Year, Faculty Junior Researcher of the year, teaching awards, community engagement awards, and best practitioner in industry awards. Jéan has been a visiting professor to numerous universities, over time, in the United States of America, Europe, Scandinavia, and India. He has published widely, and extensively, in high impact international and national journals, books and book chapters; specialising in police occupational and organisational culture, and advanced quantitative research methodology in criminology and criminal justice (some other fields published in are forensics, law, psychology, sociology, higher education, and science, amongst others).
Professor Steyn has chaired, and presented (keynote addresses, papers, etc.), at many international conferences and symposiums around the globe. He has successfully (graduated) over forty doctoral, masters and honours’ candidates, and supervised several postdoctoral fellows. Jéan is very often quoted and interviewed in the media (for example: United Nations, Times of India, Sunday Times, SABC Prime Time News live, eNCA, CheckPoint, 702 and CapeTalk, amongst many others).
Research Interests
- Forensic Criminology
- Forensic Psychology
- Criminal Law
- Police Culture
- Biotechnology and Crime
- Artificial Intelligence and Crime
Professional Membership
- South African Board of Personnel Practice (SABPP)
- Safety and Security Sector Education and Training Authority (SASSETA)
- Criminological Society of Africa (CRIMSA)
Publications