Browsing Faculty of Law by Subject "Punishment"
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Life imprisonment in South Africa: yesterday, today, and tomorrow
(Juta Law, 2009)Life imprisonment has been part of South Africa's penal regime for decades. This article analyses how this form of punishment has changed in meaning in since 1906. The author looks at life imprisonment during the death ... -
Punishment and deterrence: don’t expect prisons to reduce crime
(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 ... -
Punishment in the eyes of the Constitutional Court of South Africa: the relationship between punishment and the rights of an offender in the sentencing of primary caregivers of children
(Juta Law, 2011)Punishment has mostly focused on achieving its objectives without considering the impact a sentence will have on the rights of the offender and those under the offender's care. Drawing on the jurisprudence of the Constitutional ... -
Vergoedingsboetes in strafregtelike verrigtinge - ʼn vars perspektief
(Litnet Akademies, 2017)South African courts have to deal with the sentencing of convicted accused on a daily basis. While presiding officers are well-trained and experienced in sentencing matters, it seems that compensation orders are not generally ...