Browsing Research Articles (Faculty of Law) by Author "Ehlers, Louise"

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    • Assessing the impact: Mandatory and minimum sentences in South Africa 

      Sloth-Nielsen, Julia; Ehlers, Louise (Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2005)
      The legislation passed in 1997 that provides for mandatory minimum sentences for serious crimes was recently extended for another two years. At the time, the aim was to reduce serious and violent crime, achieve consistency ...