Sentencing primary caregivers of young children

dc.contributor.authorMujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-29T14:11:53Z
dc.date.available2016-06-29T14:11:53Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractTraditionally a judicial officer was not required to consider the effects of the imposed sentence on the children of the offender, even if the offender was a primary caregiver of young children. The Court in S v M (Centre for Child Law as Amicus Curiae) 2007 (2) SACR 539 (CC) [2007 (12) BCLR 1312] (discussed in detail in Mujuzi (2011) 2 SACJ 164-177) held that, in sentencing primary caregivers of young children, courts should inquire into the effects the sentence will have on such children and, where possible, impose a non-custodial sentence to ensure that the children are not deprived of the care and support of the primary caregiver.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMujuzi, J. (2011). Sentencing primary caregivers of young children. South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 24(3): 338-416en_US
dc.identifier.issn1011-8527
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/2339
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1011-8527/
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectCentre for Child Lawen_US
dc.subjectChild justiceen_US
dc.subjectPrimary caregiveren_US
dc.subjectOffenderen_US
dc.subjectSentencingen_US
dc.titleSentencing primary caregivers of young childrenen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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