A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime

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dc.contributor.advisorGraser, Rolanden_ZA
dc.contributor.authorShearer, Ashley Frithaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T12:48:19Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T12:48:19Z
dc.date.issued2005en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAs restorative justice finds its way into the South Africa's thinking around improving the criminal justice system, there is little knowledge as to whether the key role players in a restorative justice approach, the victims and perpetrators, would find it desirable or feasible. Concerns around the appropriateness of restorative justice from the perspective of victims and perpetrators were born out of the complex social and historical context in South Africa, which it seemed, could pose challenges to the application of restorative justice. Hence the decision to consult with key role players who have had experience with crime and the existing criminal justice system on how they would perceive the concept of restorative justice as a means of dealing with criminal cases in South Africa. Given that restorstive justice has been proposed specifically for youth at this initial stage, the focus of the research was on criminal cases involving perpetrators below the age of 18 years. Through this process of consultation with victims and perpertrators of youth crime, the hope was to unpack some of the challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in South Africa. (133-139 pages missing).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationShearer, A. F. (2005). <i>A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8023en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationShearer, Ashley Fritha. <i>"A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8023en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationShearer, A. 2005. A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Shearer, Ashley Fritha AB - As restorative justice finds its way into the South Africa's thinking around improving the criminal justice system, there is little knowledge as to whether the key role players in a restorative justice approach, the victims and perpetrators, would find it desirable or feasible. Concerns around the appropriateness of restorative justice from the perspective of victims and perpetrators were born out of the complex social and historical context in South Africa, which it seemed, could pose challenges to the application of restorative justice. Hence the decision to consult with key role players who have had experience with crime and the existing criminal justice system on how they would perceive the concept of restorative justice as a means of dealing with criminal cases in South Africa. Given that restorstive justice has been proposed specifically for youth at this initial stage, the focus of the research was on criminal cases involving perpetrators below the age of 18 years. Through this process of consultation with victims and perpertrators of youth crime, the hope was to unpack some of the challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in South Africa. (133-139 pages missing). DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime TI - A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8023 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8023
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationShearer AF. A new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crime. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 2005 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8023en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherProbation and Correctional Practiceen_ZA
dc.titleA new approach to child justice? : exploring challenges and opportunities for restorative justice in the Western Cape from the perspectives of victims and perpetrators of youth crimeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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