Text in Afrikaans / Hierdie navorsing is gerig op die vrylating van die gevangene en bet ten doel om aan die hand van 'n literatuurstudie, die Suid-Afrikaanse vrylatingstelsel binne die korrektiewe sisteem, histories met die nodige penologiese perspektief te beskryf. Aangesien bestaande Suid-Afrikaanse penologiese literatuur arm is aan inligting met betrekking tot die vrylating van die gevangene en meer spesifiek die vorme van vrylating, is verskeie bronne geidentifiseer ten einde historisiteit saam te vat en kontemporere beleid in die verband te bespreek. Alhoewel 1910 as vertrekpunt geneem is, is die fokus in die grootste mate geplaas op ontwikkeling sedert 1962. Bepaalde aksies deur onder andere die Inrigtingskomitee en Paroolraad kulmineer in die vrylating van die gevangene en om die rede bet die navorser ook die samestelling, bevoegdhede en werksaamhede van vermelde liggame nagevors en beskryf. / This research is aimed at the release of the prisoner and the objective is to historically elucidate the release system within the South African correctional system on the basis of a literature study, with the necessary penological perspective. Considering the fact that the existing literature on penology has hardly any information regarding the release of the prisoner and more specifically the different types of release, various sources have been identified in order to condense the historical information and to discuss contemporary policy in this regard. Although 1910 was taken as the starting point, the focus has largely been placed on development since 1962. Specific actions by, inter alia, the Institutional Committee and the Parole Board culminate in the release of the prisoner and for this reason the compilation, the competencies and the activities of the mentioned bodies were also described by the researcher. / M.A. (Penologie) / Sociology

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published_or_final_version / SPACE / Master / Master of Arts

Research Report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree: Master of Arts in the field of Industrial & Economic Sociology School of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa July 2016 / This research study seeks to examine the South African labour market, using the case of ex-offenders and their difficulties in entering the formal labour market and securing full-time employment after they have been released from correctional facilities. The „Scarlet letter‟ in the title refers to a euphemism used to describe the effects of the criminal record on the prospect of employment. As part of the research, I also examine the perspectives of employers about their willingness to employ ex-offenders as well as some of the reservations they may have, as representatives of the labour market. Although there is extensive research on reintegration as well as barriers to reintegration, especially in Europe and the United States, none of these have married the labour market experiences and reintegration experiences of ex-offenders, especially in the South African context. This study employed qualitative research methods and techniques to explore the meaning ex-offenders attach to their social experiences. Data was collected by means of in-depth interviews in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of the lived experiences of these ex-offenders and a vivid picture from the key informants. In this regard, participants in the study consisted of thirteen Black male ex-offenders, three representatives from the National Institute for Crime Prevention and Reintegration of Offenders (NICRO), one representative from a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) called We Can Change Our World (WCCOW), five Human resource managers at a property management firm as part of a focus group discussion and one executive at a recruitment company. All interviewed ex-offenders shared similar experiences of their challenges and limited social and economic reintegration, especially related to finding a job in South Africa. The study reveals that discrimination in the workplace continues in contemporary South Africa, but such experiences are even worse for ex-offenders. The study concludes that a lot still needs to be done to transform the South African labour market and correctional facilities, linked policies and practice for the majority, especially ex-offenders who have “paid their debt to society”. / GR2017

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This research project is a report of cost findings and rearrest rates from a program evaluation of a pre-trial diversion program. In 1978 Cascade Research Center (CRC) contracted with Clark County, Washington, to determine the cost-effectiveness and cost-efficiency of the Pre-Habilitation agency, which implements the Prosecuting Attorney's Pre-Trial Diversion Program.

<p>Syftet med denna uppsats var att studera hur föreningen KRIS kan bidra till sina medlemmars återanpassning till samhället. Föreningen KRIS har som ambition att stötta människor som vill bryta upp med missbruk och kriminalitet och återanpassa dem tillbaka in i samhället. Studien utgick från fyra intervjuer där medlemmarna delade med sig av sina erfarenheter av föreningen KRIS. Jag använde mig av en kvalitativ metod med ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt för att förstå medlemmarnas upplevelser av KRIS. Genom denna metod fick jag inblick i vilken betydelse KRIS har för medlemmarnas återanpassning till samhället. För att tolka och dra slutsatser från intervjutexterna utfördes en innehållsanalys. Resultatet av intervjuerna visade att KRIS kan bidra till att återanpassa sina medlemmar till samhället. Medlemmarna får genom KRIS möjlighet att gradvis anpassa sig till ett drogfritt och hederligt liv där socialt stöd och formandet av nya livsstrategier är viktiga inslag i föreningslivet. Det framkom även att medlemmarna har ett antal hinder att övervinna innan målet med full delaktighet i samhället är uppnått. Låg utbildningsnivå och tidigare fängelsestraff är några faktorer som innebär social exkludering och svårigheter att finna arbete.</p>

Syftet med denna uppsats var att studera hur föreningen KRIS kan bidra till sina medlemmars återanpassning till samhället. Föreningen KRIS har som ambition att stötta människor som vill bryta upp med missbruk och kriminalitet och återanpassa dem tillbaka in i samhället. Studien utgick från fyra intervjuer där medlemmarna delade med sig av sina erfarenheter av föreningen KRIS. Jag använde mig av en kvalitativ metod med ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt för att förstå medlemmarnas upplevelser av KRIS. Genom denna metod fick jag inblick i vilken betydelse KRIS har för medlemmarnas återanpassning till samhället. För att tolka och dra slutsatser från intervjutexterna utfördes en innehållsanalys. Resultatet av intervjuerna visade att KRIS kan bidra till att återanpassa sina medlemmar till samhället. Medlemmarna får genom KRIS möjlighet att gradvis anpassa sig till ett drogfritt och hederligt liv där socialt stöd och formandet av nya livsstrategier är viktiga inslag i föreningslivet. Det framkom även att medlemmarna har ett antal hinder att övervinna innan målet med full delaktighet i samhället är uppnått. Låg utbildningsnivå och tidigare fängelsestraff är några faktorer som innebär social exkludering och svårigheter att finna arbete.

published_or_final_version / Politics and Public Administration / Master / Master of Public Administration

Crime in the developing South African context presents a major sociopolitical challenge that goes beyond offender rehabilitation. Correctional services based rehabilitation programmes however represent an important component of a multi-dimensional strategy for impacting on crime and recidivism. Reports of the Correctional Service Department highlight the lack of resources and specialised personnel needed for rehabilitation programme delivery. The rehabilitation needs of the growing offender population are not being met and the need for personnel to facilitate the process is critical. The aim of this study was to explore the attitudes and perceptions of correctional officers towards their role in contributing to the offender rehabilitation process. The aims and objectives were to assess the self reported abilities, potential and willingness of these correctional officers towards contributing to the offender rehabilitation process. In part, this study hopes that the Department of Correctional Services might take note of the attitude and perceptions of these correctional officers concerning their role in rehabilitating offenders in order to construct an appropriate role for them in the rehabilitation process. The sample consisted of 117 correctional officers, 81 males and 36 females, of different age, sex, race, ranks, level of education and length of service. A questionnaire was designed, made up of rating scales to measure knowledge of rehabilitation models and services, attitudes and perceptions towards contributing to offender rehabilitation process and perceptions of personal and prison environment conditions. Even though the results show that correctional officers have a limited understanding and knowledge of the principles of the Programme-Developed Model of offender rehabilitation, they perceived offender rehabilitation within the framework of this model as a growth and development programme that will benefit offenders to cope with their life stresses. It is difficult however to tease out whether they have changed from a conceptually punitive to a rehabilitative way of conceptualising, relating to and treating the offenders. More research in this topic might clarify the attitude and perception of correctional officers towards offender rehabilitation because this will in part lay the basis for the success of the rehabilitation process. Better-educated correctional officers perceive themselves as motivated, skillful and willing to be trained further in order to partake in offender rehabilitation processes. Correctional officers perceived social work and education and training rehabilitation services as more useful and would like to do further training in these services in order to contribute towards facilitating offender rehabilitation programmes. Important differences in respect of gender, level of education and length of service were found which qualify this general finding. Stress, burnout and environmental conditions were found to impact negatively on correctional service officers' willingness and capacity to contribute to the rehabilitation process. Female correctional officers appear to experience prison conditions more negatively compared to males. These findings are discussed in terms of developing recommendations for the effective and rational use of correctional service officers as skilled members of a rehabilitation orientated team of professionals. / Thesis (M.A.)- University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2001.