Browsing Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights by Author "Lukas, Muntingh"
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Punishment and deterrence: don’t expect prisons to reduce crime
Lukas, Muntingh (SA Crime Quarterly, 2008)The belief is thoroughly entrenched that prisons fulfil the triple function of punishing offenders, making society safer by removing dangerous individuals, and deterring potential offenders from committing crime. The fact ... -
Reducing prison violence: implications from the literature for South Africa
Lukas, Muntingh (Civil Society Prison Reform Initiative, 2009)In the past 15 years the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has faced numerous challenges whilst trying to re‐invent itself. This has not been an easy road and in many regards the route to penetrative transformation ... -
Sexual violence in prisons – Part 1: The duty to provide safe custody and the nature of prison sex
Lukas, Muntingh; Zain, Satardien (South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011)While the exact extent of sexual victimisation in prisons amongst men is uncertain, it is accepted that this is a universal phenomenon. This article, in two parts, examines sexual violence in South African prisons and ... -
Sexual violence in prisons – Part 2: The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act (32 of 2007) – its implications for male rape in prisons and the Department of Correctional Services
Lukas, Muntingh; Zain, Satardien (South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011)The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act (32 of 2007), referred to here as the Sexual Offences Act (SOA), established in law a gender-neutral definition of rape and this has important implications ... -
The socio-economic impact of pre-trial detention in Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia
Lukas, Muntingh; Jean, Redpath (Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA), 2016)This project seeks to confirm and quantify the socio-economic impact of pre-trial detention on detainees, their families and associated households in the main urban centres of Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia. The aim is to ... -
The Special Rapporteur on prisons and conditions of detention in Africa and the committee for the prevention of torture in Africa: the potential for synergy or inertia?
Debra, Long; Lukas, Muntingh (SUR - International Journal on Human Rights, 2010)Th is article examines the implications arising out of the recent decision of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (African Commission) to appoint the Chair of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture in ... -
Surveying the prisons landscape - what the numbers tell us
Lukas, Muntingh (Law, Democracy & Development, 2005)This article will make observations and describe trends using available prison statistics in order to offer a quantitative perspective on the issues of democracy and human rights in South African prisons. In chis sense, ... -
Ten years after the Jali Commission: assessing the state of South Africa's prisons
Lukas, Muntingh (South African Crime Quaterly, 2016-12)Ten years have lapsed since the Jali Commission’s final report became publicly available, and it is therefore an opportune time to assess the state of South Africa’s prison system. The Jali Commission was appointed when ... -
Towards an understanding of repeat violent off ending
Lukas, Muntingh; Chandre, Gould (Institute for Security Studies, 2010-07)Th is paper explores South African and international literature relevant to repeat off ending. It reviews the international literature on violent and aggressive behaviour and relevant, but limited, South African literature ...