The aim of this study is to consider the application of family group conferencing (FGC) as child justice intervention for children in conflict with the law. An exploratory qualitative approach was followed to provide insight ...

The aim of this explorative and descriptive study was to establish if criminologists could assist in the criminal capacity assessment of children in conflict with the law. A qualitative approach was utilised in order to ...

Overcrowding remains a severe problem in South African prisons. Also, mentally ill inmates’ welfare has become of dire importance in light of the recent spike in deaths (Etheridge 2018:10-15). According to the Judicial ...

The majority of young people in South Africa are repeatedly exposed to violence in their homes, at school, in the communities where they live, as well as in the media. The normalisation of violence has become embedded in ...

This study aimed to explore and describe the role perceptions of social workers working with children who have been sentenced to compulsory residence due to being in conflict with the law. Exploratory, descriptive, and ...