One of the main objectives of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) in South Africa is the rehabilitation of offenders, and it is also the primary concern of the public and the community at large. To provide a ...
This research project was undertaken to establish what influence
the lack of discipline amongst prisoners and members of
Correctional Services has on the rehabilitation of offenders. A
complete literature study was done ...
The main aim of this study is to obtain the Master of Technologiae degree. Secondly, this study gives more clarity on the conditions of detention in maximum security prisons in South Africa and selected countries, namely ...
There are approximately 5 million mentally ill detainees across the globe and a further
1 million who suffer from a severe mental illness. Various research has shown that
the prevalence of mental illness within the ...
This report is the culmination of literature study and semi-structured interviews which assisted in developing a Model for Implementation of Restorative Justice in the South African Correctional System. The study explores ...
The history of the criminal justice system in South Africa, in the last decade is a history
dominated by the desire for change and transformation. It will be remembered that we are talking
of a system which, in the ...
A prisoner who's behaviour is causing a security risk
for his fellow prisoners, has to be separated from
the rest of the prison population. His aggressive
and violent attitude as well as his rejection of
authority will ...
In this research project the overcrowding problem in South African prisons will be analysed as well as the influence it had on the rehabilitation of offenders.
The problem of overcrowding in South Africa's prisons is very ...