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Browsing College of Law by Subject "Parole"

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  • A comparative penological study on recidivism 
    Lekalakala, Ernest Ramokone (2016-03)
    South Africa has a high level of Crime and thus also has a high level of recidivism. The high rate of crime contributes to overcrowding in prison. The Department of Correctional Services has programmes for the offenders ...
  • Correlates of recidivism among released prisoners, a study of Kakamega County, Kenya 
    Oruta, Evans Makori (2020-03-19)
    Released prisoners in Kenya have a 75% likelihood of committing another crime and a 50% probability of going to jail two years after their discharge from prison custody. From the trend of recidivism in Kenya, there are a ...
  • Halfway houses as a mechanism for the reintegration of offenders 
    Nkosi, Majozi Ephraim (1998-11)
    The Department of Correctional Services sees the need for intensive preparation of inmates for reintegration into the community after release. Presently the Department of Correctional Services conducts pre-release preparation ...
  • The impact of prison reform on the inmate population of Swaziland 
    Bruyns, Hennie, 1959- (2009-08-25)
    The purpose of this study was to contextualise the Swaziland correctional services environment and inmate population, analysing how best to respond to the needs of the organisation and providing strategies that can have ...
  • Life imprisonment in penological perspective 
    Hlongwane, Amon Lemmy (1998-11)
    The inmates who are serving life imprisonment are provided with the treatment programmes throughout their incarceration period until they are released from custody. In addition, they are afforded with their primary and ...
  • A mixed method research study on parole violations in South Africa 
    Louw, Francois Christiaan Marthinus (2013-11)
    The researcher conducted a mixed method research study on parole violations from a South African perspective. In South Africa, there is limited research regarding the causes of parole violations. Thus, the study is mainly ...
  • A model of performance management for the parole boards in South Africa : a penological perspective 
    Mashabela, Manaso Pelmos (2010-10)
    One of the fundamental objectives of the criminal justice system in any country is to punish, rehabilitate, deter, incapacitate and reintegrate offenders into communities. The main motive of punishment therefore is to ...
  • The parole process from a South African perspective 
    Louw, Francois Christiaan Marthinus (2009-08-25)
    The transformation of the Department of Correctional Services into an institution of rehabilitation and the promotion of corrections as a societal responsibility brought a new dimension to the release policy of South Africa. ...
  • Parole supervision : a penological perspective 
    Nxumalo, Thamsanqa Elisha (1997-11)
    The purpose of Parole Supervision is in twofold, namely: ... The successful reintegration of the offender to the community; and ... The protection of the community against further criminal behaviour by parolees. The ...
  • Prison overcrowding in the South African correctional services: a penological perspective 
    Shabangu, Kosabo Isaac (2009-08-25)
    Incarceration of offenders has been relied upon as the dominant sentence option through the years to address the objectives of punishment. Research has shown that the above-mentioned approach does not match the current ...
  • The role of correctional supervision in curbing overpopulation in prisons 
    Visser, Johannes Gresse (2009-10)
    The aim of this dissertation is to place the phenomenon of the overpopulation of South African prisons in perspective and to rectify the current situation in search of possible solutions. Since 1981, when this phenomenon ...

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