Child offenders in South African criminal justice
Subtitle: concepts and process
By: MG Karels. JP Swanepoel, MT Mokoena and V Basdeo
Series: Legal essentials
Publisher: Juta
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781485106678
Subjects: Administration of Juvenile justice; Children's rights; South Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to South African child justice; title: Accusatorial and inquisitorial systems and their relevance to South African child justice; title: The role of the South African Police Service in the child justice process; title: Probation officers and the child justice process; title: The National Prosecuting Authroity and the child justice process; title: Pre-trial, trial and post-trial child justice process; title: Correctional Service and the child justice process; title: Forms.; title: CD; title: The role players in the child justice system (selected duties); title: Arrest/non-arrest per schedule; title: Release/detention (and) placement prior to preliminary enquiry assessment by probation officer; title: Diversion; title: The preliminary enquiry; title: Trial in child justice court; title: Sentencing options; title: Appeal/review.