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Reaching A Verdict: The impact of minimum sentencing
(South African Crime Quarterly, 2007)
The so-called ‘temporary’ minimum sentencing legislation introduced into South African law in 1998 is still in place. The legislation was passed largely in response to high crime rates at the time and the perceived leniency ...
Parallel Policies: Policies relevant to child safety
(Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, 2007)
The Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention’s 2005 National Youth Victimisation Study indicated the need to explore existing policy impacting on children from a social crime prevention perspective within a rights-based ...
Prisons in South Africa's constitutional democracy
(Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, 2007-10)
In this article it will be argued that to make prisons compatible with a constitutional democracy, as understood in South Africa, four requirements need to be met. First, the prison system must have an underlying philosophical ...
Stop prison rape in South Africa
(Agenda, 2007)
South Africa has some of the highest rates of rape in the world. Activists have drawn attention to the devastating effect this has on women and children. However, insufficient attention has been paid to rape - predominantly ...
'A short history of time' charting the contribution of social development service delivery to enhance child justice 1996-2006
(Journal of Social Work, 2007)
The starting point of this article has been selected as 1996 for several reasons. That year was characterised by three signal events in the history of child justice in South Africa. First, 1996 heralded the adoption of the ...
The numbering of days: Sentencing and prison population growth
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2007)
On 30 May 2007 the Criminal Law Amendment Bill (15 of 2007) was tabled in Parliament, proposing amendments to what has become known as the 'minimum sentences' legislation. The proposed amendments herald another chapter in ...