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Social Work and Criminology: Recent submissions
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2023)The current crisis in foster care was precipitated by using the child protection system to meet the social assistance needs of orphaned children. The new parallel system in the form of an extended child support grant system ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2023)Worldwide, children in the care of the state constitute one of the most vulnerable groups in society. They are often not heard, or their views not respected in matters concerning them. This is incongruent with the Declaration ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12)Newly qualified social workers' (NQSWs) preparedness for practice appears to be a growing area of research. Little attention has however been paid to the viewpoints and experiences of NQSWs' regarding their preparedness ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-13)The exposure and use of digital devices and screen-time has become an integral part of families' lives (Anuradha, 2019:105). The COVID-19 pandemic restricted people’s movement and social interactions (October et al., ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-08)Social work is a practice-based profession, which aims to provide various social work services to vulnerable groups who experience social ills. As Newly Qualified Social Workers (NQSW) enter the profession, they are exposed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11)Children’s well-being is a combination of their physical, mental, emotional and social health. Children have rights, including the right to participate in matters that concern their well-being. The social work profession ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-09-01)COVID-19’s impact was so great that it impacted the entire world. The world we knew changed completely. People needed to isolate themselves in their homes for the first part of the lockdown. Only those who were within a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-12-08)ABSTRACT Caring for children during COVID-19: The experiences of South African families with children in middle childhood RESEARCHER: Chandré Burger SUPERVISOR: Dr. J Chiba DEGREE: ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-12)Throughout history, women are often observed as being the victims of crime rather than the offender. Therefore, when women are the offenders of violent crimes, they tend to be observed as being abnormal, evil, bad or sad ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Poverty is multi-faceted and affects people's standard of living in all its different dimensions (UNDP, 2021). Therefore, different forms of capital (including human, natural, financial, social and physical capital) are ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-08-31)There is growing apprehension about the quality of care provided to the vulnerable children residing in child and youth care centres (CYCCs). Children in CYCCs often have unique care needs stemming from their complex trauma ...
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(Sage, 2023-12)Knowing when crimes occur most predominantly in a specific area, such as which hour/s of the day, which day/s of the week, or which month/s of the year, is fundamental for the formulation of crime prevention strategies. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-07)South Africa is characterised by a very high rate of poverty and unemployment. In view of this, the Ford Resource and Engagement Centre (FREC) is a micro business incubator and mentorship programme that provides mentorship ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)On the 5th of March 2020, the Minister of Health confirmed South Africa’s first positive case of the COVID-19 virus. South Africa was put on a long-term lockdown from March 2020. Movement and social gatherings were heavily ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Child well-being, which refers to aspects such as children’s physical, cognitive, social, emotional, spiritual and environmental well-being, is important for their current development and future outcomes. Children’s ...
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(SARP Publishers, 2022-07)Non-consenting criminal sexual sadistic acts as a phenomenon are unique and have not received a great deal of attention, especially in South Africa. There is a lack of research regarding the nature and effect of ...
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(Taylor and Francis Group, 2023-12)Violence and crime in countries such as South Africa are shaped by deep socio-economic inequalities; however, urban areas and housing spatial also play a role, but often in differing ways. Housebreaking is unlawfully and ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-09)BACKGROUND : In the Western Cape, South Africa, a significant number of individuals with intellectual disabilities are cared for by caregivers who receive little or no compensation, education or support. Despite the unique ...
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(Unisa Press, 2023-09)The City of Tshwane and University of Pretoria’s Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP) is an applied research intervention to address drug use-related harms in the city by using a harm reduction community-oriented ...
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(Unisa Press, 2022)The development of the social work profession in Western countries is criticised as being irrelevant to the African context. Although developmental social work was introduced in South Africa to align the profession with ...
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