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Forensic interviewing in child abuse cases : exploring best practices and methods for professionals.
(2017)Abstract not available. -
Child labour: The sufficiency of international and domestic laws in protection for children against being used as domestic servants in Nigeria.
The future of a country is highly dependent on the children; hence the protection of children is important to various nations and the world. One such issue is the protection of children against child labour. The right ... -
The child -friendly court and the child -victim in the Kingdom of Swaziland.
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Psycho-social experiences of aged foster parents residing in the Mbizana Local Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
The practice of extended family members raising children deprived of parental care is a long-standing custom in various parts of the world. Parents die, leaving behind orphaned children in the care of family members and ... -
Children with physical and sensory disabilities : exploring the implementation of inclusive education legislation and policy.
(2016)Research studies have shown that schools in South Africa face many challenges in implementing inclusive education (IE) for children with disabilities. The primary aim of this study was to explore the implementation of ... -
Addressing child marriages through law reform : a case study of Zimbabwe.
(2015)Abstract not available. -
An evaluation of the role of prosecutors in Lesotho's Children's Protection and Welfare Act No. 7 of 2011.
(2015)The prosecutor has a role that he/she should play in the administration of juvenile justice. International and regional instruments have set a framework for the establishment of the juvenile justice systems within the ... -
Complaints procedures for children in residential care : hearing the voices of children in South African care institutions, with brief comparative aspects.
(2016)Hearing the voices of children in residential care by means of a complaints procedure has proven to be an important instrument in addressing children’s problems and ensuring their welfare and rights. Taking into account ... -
Reconciling child labour practices in South Africa with international standards : prospects and challenges.
(2015)Child labour proves to be a social and economic problem throughout the world. Millions of children around the world remain trapped in child labour, compromising their individual and collective futures. However, while ... -
Legally defining parental abandonment of a child : a comparison between South African law and Californian law.
(2014)This dissertation evaluates some selected legal provisions (local, international and foreign) relevant to the social ill of parental abandonment of children. Parental abandonment tends to have serious consequences and is ... -
Legally defining parental abandonment of a child : a comparison between South African law and Californian law.
(2014)This dissertation evaluates some selected legal provisions (local, international and foreign) relevant to the social ill of parental abandonment of children. Parental abandonment tends to have serious consequences and is ... -
An analysis of the implementation of the child's right to be heard within the family environment in accordance with section 31 of the South African Children's Act 38 of 2005.
(2015)The United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child 1989 has endowed children with the right to express their views in all matters that affect them. According to the Committee on the Rights of a Child this right extends ... -
Children incarcerated with their mothers : a critique of the current age-based approach to the separation of children from their mothers.
(2013-11-12)It is a worldwide phenomenon that, when mothers are imprisoned, their young children are allowed to accompany them. However, practices between different countries, and even within different prisons, vary greatly and there ... -
Sharing of parenting after divorce.
(2002)Separation and divorce have become normative life events for many families throughout the world. According to the most recent statistics, during 1998, a total of 35 792 divorces were granted in South Africa alone, resulting ... -
Social workers' experiences of the court process : an examination of the perspectives of social workers in the Durban Metropolitan area.
(2001)Forensic social work is a fairly new concept in the South African context. However, the activities of forensic social work began with the dawn of the profession itself. In recent times the demand for social workers in ... -
The child rape victim through the criminal justice system : pitfalls and proposed solutions.
(2001)No abstract available. -
Children's participation and procedures at the office of the family advocate.
(2004)Children's right to participate in judicial and administrative matters that affect them is perhaps the most frequently overlooked children's right, globally. This research was a descriptive study of what exists with ...
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