Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorSchärf, Wilfrieden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Eden, Karenen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-02T04:27:02Z
dc.date.available2016-01-02T04:27:02Z
dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 202-207.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn traditional indigenous communities, rites of passage provide a binding and supportive function which facilitates the transition of young people from childhood to adulthood. However, in contemporary western society transition rites have largely been forgotten or neglected and this loss has resulted in a hunger for initiation which adolescents often attempt to satisfy by using means which are socially unacceptable. This study attempts to understand the mechanisms which lead adolescents into socially unacceptable behaviour by exploring the potential for using the notion of de-labelling as the basis of intercepting and transforming juvenile deviance. As such, rites of passage are explored from the perspectives of a range of social scientific theories in order to assess the value in these processes tor young people at risk in South Africa. The central findings of this study suggest that it is possible to reinstate rites of passage in the form of a de-labelling programme, but that there is a need to go beyond an isolated programme by providing more systemic containment of young people in the form of community support and mentoring.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan Eden, K. (1998). <i>Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16099en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan Eden, Karen. <i>"Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16099en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Eden, K. 1998. Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van Eden, Karen AB - In traditional indigenous communities, rites of passage provide a binding and supportive function which facilitates the transition of young people from childhood to adulthood. However, in contemporary western society transition rites have largely been forgotten or neglected and this loss has resulted in a hunger for initiation which adolescents often attempt to satisfy by using means which are socially unacceptable. This study attempts to understand the mechanisms which lead adolescents into socially unacceptable behaviour by exploring the potential for using the notion of de-labelling as the basis of intercepting and transforming juvenile deviance. As such, rites of passage are explored from the perspectives of a range of social scientific theories in order to assess the value in these processes tor young people at risk in South Africa. The central findings of this study suggest that it is possible to reinstate rites of passage in the form of a de-labelling programme, but that there is a need to go beyond an isolated programme by providing more systemic containment of young people in the form of community support and mentoring. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa TI - Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16099 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16099
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan Eden K. Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Law ,Institute of Criminology, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16099en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentInstitute of Criminologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherCriminologyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherInitiation ritesen_ZA
dc.titleRites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africaen_ZA
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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