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(CRIMSA, 2015)The article explores adult female rape victims’ views about the Thuthuzela Care Centre (TCC) service delivery model as a multidisciplinary one-stop centre for victims of sexual offences and domestic violence. The research ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2018)Nyaope is a relatively new drug on the South African market and mostly (mis)used by youths. Without targeted intervention, this drug could negatively affect the wellbeing of the people involved. Aftercare and reintegration ...
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(Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa, 2020)Across the globe, the Coronavirus has impacted on every aspect of society, including Institutions of Higher Education. This article serves three purposes. Firstly, the authors reflect on one university’s response to the ...
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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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(CRIMSA, 2008)This article reports on a qualitative research project which aimed to determine how the personal experience of an armed robbery and violent assault impacted on a sample of 39 victims' perceptions of South Africa as a risk ...
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(South African Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, 2016)The purpose of this article is to focus on youth sex offenders’ empathy for victims of child-on child sexual abuse. In a recent study conducted by Coetzee (2015), the quantitative research results indicate that although ...
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Being black in a white skin : beliefs and stereotypes around albinism at a South African university (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-05-22)BACKGROUND : Partly because of the legacy of apartheid, and despite being a constitutional democracy, South Africa continues to be a deeply divided society, particularly along racial lines. In this context many people ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2022-09-15)Occupational stress is rampant across various professions. The process of murder case investigation culminates in a plethora of challenges, including mental health concerns among murder detectives, which can trigger ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2018)This article focuses on levels of burnout as well as engagement experienced by fourth-year undergraduate social work students attending a South African university. By means of quantitative procedures, data were obtained ...
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(Adonis and Abbey Publishers, 2019-12)An increasing number of children require alternative placement for their care and protection in South Africa. The overwhelming socio-economic factors negatively impact on the capacity of the extended family to continue ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2017)Social work is called upon by the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development to promote a more just society. Social welfare services in Namibia are not aligned with the country’s vision to significantly reduce ...
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(Adonis and Abbey Publishers, 2021-03-01)A serious risk facing children worldwide is homelessness and living on the streets. This paper sought to provide an understanding into the interplaying factors promoting the prevalence of children living on the streets. ...
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(AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-07-26)BACKGROUND : Parenting children with learning disabilities requires a high level of knowledge and access to resources, information and services. In developing countries, however, these resources and services are not ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2015)The transition from the Child Care Act 74 of 1983 to the Children’s Act 38 of 2005 has been chaotic. This has been caused by shortcomings in the new legislation; challenges faced by social workers in adapting to it; lack ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2018)In 1998 the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) made a paradigm shift from being purely punitive institutions to becoming rehabilitative correctional centres. The paper reports on a mixed method study done at ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Social Work, 2017)The high demand for substitute care in South Africa, and in particular foster care, poses challenges for statutory social workers in rendering developmental social services. The goal of the study was to explore the challenges ...
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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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(Department of Social Work, University of Johannesburg, 2011-11)All sectors in South Africa, including the social welfare sector, are challenged to join efforts in finding new solutions to reduce the consistently high levels of poverty and unemployment which impact on citizens’ ...
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(CRIMSA, 2015)Many students are distanced from the realities of correctional facilities and never consider doing practical community engagement programme s in a correctional centre. Students of criminology usually deem practical community ...
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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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