Justice at a snail’s pace: the implementation of the domestic violence act (Act 116 of 1998) at the Johannesburg family court

dc.contributor.author	Naidoo, Kamban
dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-23T13:03:40Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-23T13:03:40Z
dc.date.issued	2006
dc.identifier.citation	Naidoo K (2006) Justice at a snail’s pace: the implementation of the domestic violence act (Act 116 of 1998) at the Johannesburg family court. Acta Criminologica 19(1) 77-88	en
dc.identifier.issn	10118527
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23390
dc.description.abstract	The article focuses on the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act (Act 116 of 1998) at the Johannesburg Family Court for the period March to December 2004 by examining a sample of case files. The author examines who the parties are to an application for a protection order, the type of conduct complained of in the application, the appearance of the parties in court, the duration of the process and the type of relief granted by the court. In conclusion the author makes a number of recommendations that law and policy makers should take cognisance of.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	CRIMSA	en
dc.subject	domestic violence act	en
dc.subject	Johannesburg Family Court	en
dc.subject	implementation	en
dc.title	Justice at a snail’s pace: the implementation of the domestic violence act (Act 116 of 1998) at the Johannesburg family court	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Criminal and Procedural Law	en