The South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system?

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dc.contributor.advisorScharf, Wilfried
dc.contributor.advisorSteyn, Esther
dc.contributor.authorKeuthen, Jens Christian
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-28T09:31:17Z
dc.date.available2025-10-28T09:31:17Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.updated2025-10-28T09:27:55Z
dc.description.abstractThe prosecution service is a key role player in the criminal justice system. Its effectiveness and efficiency directly reflect on the performance and service of the whole criminal justice system. The South African prosecution service in its current shape is relatively young. Constitutional and legislative provisions supplemented by various policy papers have established a framework that in principle allows for an effective and efficient function of the prosecution service in the South African criminal justice system. However, the actual performance of the prosecution service is insufficient, as this thesis suggests. Reasons for the current underperformance can be identified and are strongly linked to the transitional development of the South African prosecution service. In order to increase the performance of the prosecution service and the service of the criminal justice system this thesis explores the challenges facing the prosecution service and that have to be addressed immediately.
dc.identifier.apacitationKeuthen, J. C. (2007). <i>The South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system?</i>. (). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Socio-Legal Research. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42052en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationKeuthen, Jens Christian. <i>"The South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system?."</i> ., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Socio-Legal Research, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42052en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationKeuthen, J.C. 2007. The South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system?. . University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Socio-Legal Research. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42052en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Keuthen, Jens Christian AB - The prosecution service is a key role player in the criminal justice system. Its effectiveness and efficiency directly reflect on the performance and service of the whole criminal justice system. The South African prosecution service in its current shape is relatively young. Constitutional and legislative provisions supplemented by various policy papers have established a framework that in principle allows for an effective and efficient function of the prosecution service in the South African criminal justice system. However, the actual performance of the prosecution service is insufficient, as this thesis suggests. Reasons for the current underperformance can be identified and are strongly linked to the transitional development of the South African prosecution service. In order to increase the performance of the prosecution service and the service of the criminal justice system this thesis explores the challenges facing the prosecution service and that have to be addressed immediately. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - South African KW - Criminal Justice LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - The South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system? TI - The South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42052 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/42052
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationKeuthen JC. The South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system?. []. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Centre for Socio-Legal Research, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/42052en_ZA
dc.language.isoen
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Socio-Legal Research
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Law
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectSouth African
dc.subjectCriminal Justice
dc.titleThe South African prosecution service: linchpin of the South African criminal justice system?
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelLLM
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