Child Offenders in South African Criminal Justice

Product Details:
Author(s):
Basdeo, V ,
Karels, M ,
Mokoena, MT and
Swanepoel, JP
Year Published:
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
Child Offenders in South African Criminal Justice: Concepts and Process explains the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 for the various sectors involved in the administration of child justice in South Africa.
The book presents the aims and objectives of the Act and then explains the difference between adversarial and inquisitorial criminal procedure, which is relevant to preliminary inquiries. The authors examine the role played in the child justice process by members of the South African Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, probation officers, the court of preliminary inquiry, the child justice court and correctional services.
Child Offenders in South African Criminal Justice: Concepts and Process contains a CD with useful diagrams detailing various child justice processes and flow charts of the various stages of the proceedings.
The Forms from the Regulations to the Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 and National Instruction 2 of 2010 are provided for the reader as appendixes to the book.
Content
Introduction to South African child justice
Accusatorial and inquisitorial systems and their relevance to South African child justice
The role of the South African Police Service in the child justice process
Probation officers and the child justice process
The National Prosecuting Authority and the child justice process
Pre-trial, trial and post-trial child justice processes
Correctional Services and the child justice process
Interest / Benefit to
Police officers
Probation officers
Correctional officers 
Candidate attorneys
Criminal defence lawyers
Practical legal training centres
Law clinics
Prosecutors
Magistrates