Sentencing primary caregivers of young children

dc.contributor.author	Mujuzi, Jamil Ddamulira
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-29T14:11:53Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-29T14:11:53Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.description.abstract	Traditionally 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.citation	Mujuzi, J. (2011). Sentencing primary caregivers of young children. South African Journal of Criminal Justice, 24(3): 338-416	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1011-8527
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10566/2339
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitter	FALSE
dc.publisher	Juta Law	en_US
dc.rights.uri	http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1011-8527/
dc.status.ispeerreviewed	TRUE
dc.subject	Centre for Child Law	en_US
dc.subject	Child justice	en_US
dc.subject	Primary caregiver	en_US
dc.subject	Offender	en_US
dc.subject	Sentencing	en_US
dc.title	Sentencing primary caregivers of young children	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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