Sentencing of youth offenders for housebreaking with intent to steal : practices and attitudes of magistrates and prosecutors

The researcher's knowledge and experience in probation work, including conducting pre-sentence investigations and compiling pre-trial and presentence reports, inspired him to want to find out more about the attitudes and sentencing practices of magistrates and public prosecutors, specifically in housebreaking offences. Some individuals and communities hold a notion that offenders normally break into properties and steal goods or items mainly because they are hungry, destitute, unemployed, or have no visible means of income. Such a belief may, to a large extent, influence or shape judicial attitudes in the sentencing of youth offenders for housebreaking crimes.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Social Development

Year dc:date.issued

2002

Author dc:creator

• Hlatshwayo, Cyprian G H

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Graser, Roland

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7924

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/7924