The impact of rehabilitation programmes on prisoners : a case study of the Westville Prison educational programmes.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Baatjes, Ivor Gerald. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ngubane, Sithembiso Magnus. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-17T11:18:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-09-17T11:18:24Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2007 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.Ed.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, [2007] | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study investigates the impact of education programmes on the rehabilitation of prisoners. For the purpose of this study, rehabilitation of a prisoner is a stage reached when a person, after admission into prison, undergoes specifically planned programmes that will help him or her to fit well into society (social adjustment), be accepted by family and community and not to re-enter prison after release. This study acknowledges the fact that education on its own is not necessarily rehabilitative, but education helps to equip people with knowledge and skills that they may use in the outside world so that they may not resort to criminal practices as a result of unemployment. Methods of rehabilitation in different countries have been studied with the aim of comparing them with those in the South African context. Theories concerning the causes and treatment of crime and some ways of rehabilitating prisoners have also been examined. Questionnaires with personal, administrative and institutions items were given to programme facilitators, participants in programmes, nonparticipants in programmes and to ex-prisoners. Some questionnaires were given to family members of prisoners. Also, interviews with prison warders were conducted. This study has shown that educational programmes have a positive impact on the rehabilitation of prisoners. Sentenced prisoners and ex-prisoners that participated in educational programmes confirmed this. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1212 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prisoners--Education--South Africa. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Criminals--Rehabilitation--South Africa. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Theses--Education. | en_US |
| dc.title | The impact of rehabilitation programmes on prisoners : a case study of the Westville Prison educational programmes. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |