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A criminological analysis of the transfer of juveniles to adult correctional centre

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dc.contributor.advisor Ovens, Michelle
dc.contributor.author Mathabathe, Mpho Patrick
dc.date.accessioned 2015-11-16T13:19:06Z
dc.date.available 2015-11-16T13:19:06Z
dc.date.issued 2015-02
dc.identifier.citation Mathabathe, Mpho Patrick (2015) A criminological analysis of the transfer of juveniles to adult correctional centre, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19688> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19688
dc.description.abstract Many young people in South Africa are involved in crime, especially violent crime. This statement is supported by statistics obtained from the Annual Report (2013:37) of the Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services which indicates that 26 282 young people were serving sentences in South African Correctional Centres at the end of the 2012/13 financial year. This annual report of the Department of Correctional Services (2013:13) indicates that at the time of the report, 11 000 offenders were sentenced to life imprisonment and a third of them were youth offenders. The majority of these young people have to be transferred from juvenile facilities to adult centres to continue their incarceration when they turn twenty one. This transition holds a number of challenges, both for these young people and the Department of Correctional Services. Young people are confronted with the reality of possibly falling victim to HIV/AIDS, gangs, sodomy and rape in overcrowded, adult correctional facilities. The Department of Correctional Services encounters problems in assisting these young people to adjust to this transition and the protection of these young people from assault and abuse by older inmates remains an institutional concern. The main aims of this research are to examine: the age at which juveniles are transferred to adult correctional centre to continue with their sentences; the factors taken into account before transfer; the challenges faced by youth offenders in adult correctional centre; and the needs of youth offenders in adult correctional facility. The study addresses the following questions: • At what age are youth offenders transferred to adult correctional centre? • What other factors besides age are considered before youth are transferred to adult correctional centre? • Are there any preparatory measures in place to assist youth with the transfer? • Are there any induction programmes available to assist youth adjusting in adult correctional facility? • What are the challenges faced by youth in adult facility? • What are the needs of youth offenders in adult facility? en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xi, 176 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Department of Correctional Services en
dc.subject White Paper on Corrections en
dc.subject Juveniles en
dc.subject Youth offenders en
dc.subject Treatment programmes en
dc.subject Induction programme en
dc.subject Youth facility en
dc.subject Adult correctional centre en
dc.subject Transfer of juvenile offenders en
dc.subject Needs of youth offenders en
dc.subject.ddc 364.360968
dc.subject.lcsh Juvenile delinquents -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Juvenile delinquents -- Abuse of -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Juvenile delinquents -- Services for -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh Juvenile delinquents -- South Africa -- Transfer
dc.subject.lcsh Prosecution -- South Africa -- Decision making
dc.subject.lcsh Juvenile justice, Administration of -- South Africa
dc.title A criminological analysis of the transfer of juveniles to adult correctional centre en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.department Criminology and Security Science
dc.description.degree M.A. (Criminology)


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