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    • The effect of sentencing on the size of the South African prison population 

      Chris, Giffard; Lukas, Muntingh (Open Society Foundation for South Africa, 2006-10)
      That South African prisons are experiencing serious and growing overcrowding problem is well-known to anyone with an interest in the criminal justice sector. Particularly since 2000 the widening gap between available prison ...
    • Ex-prisoners' views on imprisonment and re-entry 

      Lukas, Muntingh (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2009)
      This research project gathered information from ex-prisoners about their experiences during and after imprisonment. Knowing what prison system users think and say about the system is important because they are ultimately ...
    • Ex-prisoners' views on imprisonment and re-entry 

      Muntingh, Lukas (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
      In the past 15 years much research has been conducted on the prison system in South Africa focusing on governance, law reform and human rights. It is, however, of particular concern that the voices of prisoners and ...
    • Expungement of a criminal record Crimes committed by a child 

      Africa Criminal Justice Reform (Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
      Expungement removes the criminal record of your conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (SAPS). This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ...
    • Expungement of a criminal record May 2018 Crimes committed by an adult 

      Africa Criminal Justice Reform (2018)
      Expungement removes the criminal record of your conviction from the Criminal Record Centre of the South African Police Service (SAPS).This allows a person to carry on with life without a criminal record being an obstruction ...
    • Failing to discipline in SAPS - Fostering a culture of impunity 

      Africa Criminal Justice Reform (Dullah Omar Institute, 2019)
      It is with unfortunate regularity that we read reports in the media about corrupt South African Police Service (SAPS) officials and officials implicated in other crimes, including human rights violations. Indicative of ...
    • Failing to prosecute? Assessing the State of the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa 

      Redpath, J (Institute for Security Studies, 2012)
      The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is pivotal not only in the criminal justice system, but also in the proper functioning of South Africa’s democracy. This monograph focuses on the independence, accountability and ...
    • A guide to the rights of inmates as described in the Correctional Services Act and regulations 

      Muntingh, Lukas (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
      The Correctional Services Act (111 of 1998) was promulgated in 2004 creating a rights-based framework for South Africa’s prison system. In 2008 the Correctional Services Act was amended by the Correctional Services Amendment ...
    • Guide to the UN Convention against torture in South Africa 

      Lukas, Muntingh (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2008)
      This publication is a guide to the UN Convention against Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) for the South African context. The guide is furthermore aimed at civil society organisations ...
    • Guidelines and principles on imprisonment and the prevention of torture under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights - how relevant are they for South Africa? 

      Muntingh, Lukas (Faculty of Law, UWC, 2013)
      It must be regarded as a peculiarity that the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights makes no specific mention of prisoners’ rights and that these rights have to be inferred from overall reading of the Charter, and ...
    • Indefinite imprisonment in South Africa: The difference between life and indefinite imprisonment 

      Africa Criminal Justice Reform (Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
      In May 2018, Pieter Van Tonder was sentenced to indefinite imprisonment in the Cape High Court. Van Tonder brutally assaulted and murdered the 16-month old baby of his ex-girlfriend. This case happened shortly after the ...
    • The Juvenile Justice Law Reform Process in South Africa: Can children's rights approach carry the day? 

      Julia, Sloth-Nielsen (Quarterly Law Review, 1999)
      The impetus for juvenile justice law reform sprang originally from concern for the plight of child detainees in the dark days of apartheid in the 1980s. Children, who were at the forefront of the struggle for democratic ...
    • Juvenile justice review 1994-1995 

      Julia, Sloth-Nielsen (South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1995)
      This review of the state of juvenile justice in South Africa introduces a new section to this journal in which annual developments relating to law and policy in the field of juvenile justice will be examined. Juvenile ...
    • Juvenile justice review 1996 

      Julia, Sloth-Nielsen (South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1996)
      This review follows the 1995 review, the first in this journal, and similarly reviews the period until 30 September 1996. In the year presently under review the principle focus of juvenile justice concern was yet again the ...
    • Juvenile justice review 1997 

      Julia, Sloth-Nielsen (South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1998)
      The 1997 juvenile justice review charts developments in juvenile justice law in South Africa from November 1996 until October 1997. The most significant development during 1997 was the release of the issue paper on Juvenile ...
    • Juvenile justice review 1998 

      Julia, Sloth-Nielsen; Lukas, Muntingh (South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 1999)
      The 1998 Juvenile Justice Review charts developments in juvenile justice law and practice in South Africa from October 1997 until October 1998. However, the release of the South African Law Commission discussion paper on ...
    • Juvenile justice review 1999-2000 

      Lukas, Muntingh; Julia, Sloth-Nielsen (South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2001)
      The two years covered in this review have seen major developments in the juvenile justice sphere. Not only have several important judicial decisions been handed down, but the process of law reform has advanced significantly ...
    • Making sense of the numbers: Civil claims against the SAPS 

      Dereymaeker, Gwen (South African Crime Quarterly, 2015)
      In recent years reports have increasingly pointed to the mounting quantum of claims for civil damages faced by the South African Police Service (SAPS). A close analysis of the publicly available data shows that increasingly ...
    • Modest beginnings, high hopes: The Western Cape Police Ombudsman 

      Muntingh, Lukas (South African Crime Quarterly, 2018)
      In 2013 the Western Cape legislature passed the Western Cape Community Safety Act (WCCSA) to improve monitoring of and oversight over the police. One creation of the WCCSA is the Western Cape Police Ombudsman, which became ...
    • National Prosecuting Authority Performance 

      Africa Criminal Justice Reform (Dullah Omar Institute, 2018)
      The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa (NPA) was created by legislation which came into effect in August 1998, and became a stand-alone entity in 2002/3, whereas previously it was more closely embedded in the ...