Sentencing of youth offenders for housebreaking with intent to steal : practices and attitudes of magistrates and prosecutors
Master Thesis
2002
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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.
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Includes bibliography.
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Hlatshwayo, C. 2002. Sentencing of youth offenders for housebreaking with intent to steal : practices and attitudes of magistrates and prosecutors. University of Cape Town.