Browsing by Subject "Domestic violence"
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The constitutional family: developments in South African family law and jurisprudence under the 1996 Constitution
(Oxford University Press, 2003)The article reviews the process of liberalization of child and family law that has occurred since the adoption of South Africa's 1996 Constitution. Although the Constitution does not expressly protect the right to family ... -
Domestic violence in the Old Testament and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A question of identity
(AOSIS, 2021)With the global COVID-19 pandemic and different levels of lockdown being enforced across the world, domestic violence has escalated at an alarming rate. The restrictions on movement that lockdown has placed on countless ... -
Family-centered interventions for intimate partner violence: A systematic review
(AJOL, 2019)The effect of intimate partner violence (IPV) has a spill-over effect on all family members, and as such, any intervention directed at IPV should include all family members directly affected. The spill-over effect indicates ... -
The limiting effect of Daffy v Daffy 2013 1 SACR 42 (SCA)
(Juta, 2020)The preamble of the Domestic Violence Act 116 of 1998 recognises, inter alia: “that domestic violence is a serious social evil; that there is a high incidence of domestic violence within South African society; that victims ... -
Perceived childhood exposure to domestic violence: The risk for adult revictimisation
(UNISA, 2015)The prevalence of domestic violence is described as pervasive with a majority of victims being females and perpetrators being males. Often females who experienced domestic violence had been previously exposed to family ... -
Risk factors associated with the intervention of perpetrators of domestic violence
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)INTRODUCTION: South Africa has the highest incidence of violence against women and a woman is killed every six hours by an intimate partner. Furthermore, women in South Africa are more likely to be killed by an intimate ... -
Training for police on the Domestic Violence Act
(Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2009)The inadequate or inappropriate police responses to domestic violence often result from a lack of knowledge of the Domestic Violence Act (DVA) and the National Instruction or from a misinterpretation of the DVA’s provisions. ... -
Understanding ‘emergency monetary relief’ in the Domestic Violence Act
(Law Society of South Africa, 2020)Domestic violence is a brutal onslaught against constitutional values and the fundamental right to freedom and security of the person. In S v Baloyi (Minister of Justice and Another Intervening) 2000 (2) SA 425 (CC), Sachs ...