Exploring gender and disability stereotypes in the courtroom : a case example

dc.contributor.authorDe Waal, Maretha
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-01T09:46:03Z
dc.date.issued2015-02
dc.description.abstractThe United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol obliges member states to recognise the human rights of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society, including the administration of justice. This article turns its gaze to the administration of justice as required by the CRPD against the backdrop of a steady stream of gender and its disability stereotypes that dominated public discourse during the trial of Oscar Pistorius, the case selected for analysis. In phase 1 of the study an applied thematic analysis was conducted on media reports on the trial of Oscar Pistorius. The analysis revealed the different ways in which the prosecutor and the defence used gender and disability stereotypes to build their respective cases on the charges against Pistorius. In phase 2 of the study, applied thematic analysis was used to explore whether prejudicial presumptions based on the stereotypes used by counsel found their way into the final judgment. The results of the study have implications for further research on the administration of justice that involves persons with disabilities.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentNursing Scienceen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-08-31
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ragn20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMaretha de Waal (2015) Exploring gender and disability stereotypes in the courtroom: A case example, Agenda, 29:2, 34-43 DOI :10.1080/10130950.2015.1047239.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1013-0950 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2158-978X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/10130950.2015.1047239
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52825
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 M. de Waal. Taylor and Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Agenda: Empowering women for gender equity, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 34-43, 2015. doi : 10.1080/10130950.2015.1047239. Agenda: Empowering women for gender equity is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/ragn20.en_ZA
dc.subjectPrejudicial presumptionsen_ZA
dc.subjectAccess to justiceen_ZA
dc.subjectDisability rightsen_ZA
dc.subjectReasonable accommodationen_ZA
dc.titleExploring gender and disability stereotypes in the courtroom : a case exampleen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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