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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"correctional services"”.
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Demilitarization in the department of correctional services: an analysis of the issues and attitudes
The Department of Prison Services as it was known then, was militarized. Members at their employment were required to undergo a basic training course of nine months, which was later reduced to six months. They were also classified into ranks and were also wearing uniform. They were used to call …
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Substance abuse practices and Intervention programmes for male youth offenders in Pollsmoor – Department of Correctional services
… and rehabilitation programmes and also the Correctional Service‟s role in managing substance abuse. A survey research methodology using questionnaires has been employed. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The sample population consisted of the sentenced male …
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Released female economic offenders' perceptions of the economic offences rehabilitation programmes presented by the Department of Correctional Services
… programmes presented by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS). A qualitative research study was conducted with released adult female economic offenders from two Community Corrections Offices within the Gauteng Region. An instrumental case study design was implemented with 15 …
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Factors contributing to external difficulties in the management of juvenile deliquency : a case study of correctional services in the Polokwane management area in Capricon District of Limpopo Province
… The respondents of this study are at Modemolle Correctional Centre which is under the Limpopo\ Mpumalanga\ North West Region and it falls under the management of Polokwane. For this study, the researcher employed mixed methodology where quantitative and qualitative research approaches were used. …
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Challenges that offenders face upon release that contribute to recidivism in the Department of Correctional Services: a case study of the West Coast Medium ' A' Correctional Centre in the Western Cape
… impacts negatively on the already overcrowded correctional centres in South Africa. Life in prison is harsh and overpopulation leads to numerous communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and other sexuality transmitted infections. Offenders participate in various rehabilitation …
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Probing gendered rehabilitation conditions for murder offenders in Thohoyandou Correctional Centre in Limpopo Province, South Africa
… despite the efforts by the Department of Correctional Services. The rehabilitation of offenders is believed to be an important topic worldwide. International experts on rehabilitation now support the use of a criminogenic needs approach to rehabilitation programs, meaning that each …
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Doing “Life”: An Exploratory Study of the Experiences and Implications of Incarceration on Life-Serving Offenders
The Department of Correctional Services in South Africa currently incarcerates more than 160,000 offenders, which is ranked ninth in the world and the highest in Africa. The number of life-serving offenders increased from 433 in 1995 to 13,847 in 2014. This constitutes a psycho-social burden on …
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An analysis of the legal response to children who commit serious crimes in South Africa
… a cause for concern, said the new Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula on Tuesday. Mapisa-Nqakula, accompanied by her deputy, Hlengiwe Mkhize, was visiting the Boksburg Correctional Centre on their fourth leg of their regional visits to listen and familiarize …
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The Numbers Gang in South African Correctional Facilities: Reflections on Structures, Functions and Culture
… Gang is a well-known phenomenon in South African correctional facilities or prisons in short. The existence of the Numbers is widely associated with ongoing patterns of conflict and violence in South African prisons – between inmates and warders, between inmates, as well as between rival prison …
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The Impact of Overcrowding on Prisoners' Rights
… minimum sentence legislation, the ability of correctional services to deal with court challenges and overcrowding and HIV/ AIDS. Lastly, after a discussion of South African and international case law on the matter, with a review of the viability of the various alternatives to imprisonment. …
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Politics of the number: an account of predominent South African prison gang influences
… From a managerial perspective, the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) is often found attempting to give meaningful accounts of itself amidst its failed efforts to transform both itself and the South African prison administration. The policy legislation and administration of DCS thus also …
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Unearthing the relationship between disease and causation in South African gold mines
… of the test for factual causation in Lee v Correctional Services 2013 (2) SA 144 (CC), in the form of the material increase of risk test, is precedent for the assessment of factual causation within the tuberculosis class in Nkala and Others v Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd and Others 2016 (5) SA …
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The politics of prison nursing and HIV/AIDS at Pollsmoor maximum security prison 1990-2008
… on inmates' experiences of receiving healthcare services in prisons. Focusing on the years 1990 to 2008, the thesis offers a social history of prison nursing over time with a focus on nurses' workplace experiences in dealing with HIV/AIDS in their patients. By investigating prison nurses' …
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Die rol van oorskakelingsoorde in die herinskakelingsproses van die gevangene in die gemeenskap
… State controlled havens utilise the services of personnel, who also serve in conventional prisons, on a rotating basis. It has been found that, with regard to the selection of residents, different criteria is adopted. The intervention programme includes, inter alia, personal …
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An indigenous crime prevention strategy employing the roles of Amakhosi and social work in Kwazulu-Natal province
… Safety and Liaison, and the Department of Correctional Services. They were chosen as being institutions that serve communities under traditional leadership; and their areas of focus are crime prevention and management. The questions that the study intended to answer were formulated as …
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Enhancing procurement of security services: a comparative case study of Mangaung and Kimberly Correctional Centres
… is to explore two methods for procuring security services in South Africa. This research is a comparative case study between two correctional centers, which are the Mangaung Correctional Centre and the Kimberly Correctional Centre. The Mangaung Correctional Centre has been procured through …
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Views of women regarding gender-based violence in Thulamela Municipality, Limpopo Province
… of justice along with the department of correctional services to give longer sentences to perpetrators of GBV.
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The interplay between historical trauma, substance use disorders, appetitive aggression and the link with violent crime among young male adults in conflict with the law in South Africa
… adults (aged 25 to 34) incarcerated at George Correctional Centre in the Garden Route District in the Western Cape Province. The context of why there are high rates of violent crime in South Africa relates to various correlates, including underlying structural factors – that provide the …
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In the Shadow of the ‘Big House' Redefining halfway houses within the debate over incarceration
… for halfway houses within the Department of Correctional Services. Incarceration will always resist reform, but it is possible to pry inmates away from its grip if there is an alternate institutional context. This thesis is about narrowing the frame of reference to a small institutional …
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