Restorative justice with youth sex offenders: Issues for practice
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2014-07
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The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher Die Maatskaplikewerk Navorser-Praktisyn
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The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher Die Maatskaplikewerk Navorser-Praktisyn
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University of Cape Town
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The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher Die Maatskaplikewerk Navorser-Praktisyn, Vol 26, Issue 2
Abstract
The South African child justice system has adopted the philosophy of restorative justice in the management of child and youth offenders in general as reflected in the preamble of the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008. Whilst restorative justice has been easily applied to less serious youth crimes generally, there seems to be some reservations regarding its appropriateness to dealing with youth sex offenders. This article looks at restorative justice approach within the context of diversion and seeks to highlight practice issues that need to be considered with regard to the application of the aforementioned approach in dealing with youth sex offenders. The article draws from the findings of a PhD study that the author conducted which explored this area of social work practice.
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Gxubane, T. 2014. Restorative justice with youth sex offenders: Issues for practice. The Social Work Practitioner-Researcher journal, 26 (2): 241-259.