The increasing tendency of youth getting involved in crime, globally as well as in
South Africa is an indication of the comprehensive problem and the duty that is
resting upon professionals dealing with the youth. It is therefore important that in
South Africa attention will be given to the young first offender. Various intervention
methods such as drama-based intervention can be used as service delivery for the
young first offender.
Drama based intervention hold various therapeutic values for the young first offender.
This program can make use of various methods for intervention such as, dance,
movement and theatre. The objectives of the program, the need of the participants as
well as the background of each individual participant are determining the choice of
the intervention method. A drama-based intervention program was used for the
study.
The aim of this study was to examine the nature of a drama-based intervention for
young first offenders.
The aims were to:
• Through an intensive literature study the various intervention methods was
studied. The finding of the literature study was that the involvement of the
first young offender within any creative activity has a lasting effect on the
social development of the client resulting in a decrease in anti-social
behaviour such as crime. Experimental exercises that is based on social
learning-; role- and cognitive-behavioural theory are very effective in working
with young people
• To develop, implement and evaluate a drama-based intervention program
through an intensive literature study and empirical research. This program
needs to focus on the decreasing and prevention of recidivism with young first
offenders. This goal was achieved as the program was developed according to
guidelines of the GEESE theatre, which was adapted for South-African
circumstances. The program was implemented and evaluated with a group of
seven young first offenders. The research showed that the most effective
intervention program for young first offenders should be more experimental
and based upon creative arts, rather than a structured goal-oriented program,
creating opportunities for in-depth exploration of the inner self. The program
would then also help the respondent to develop resiliency by building on
protective factors, identifying risk factors and developing skills to manage
factors such as low self esteem, family relations, peer pressure and poverty. / Thesis (M.A. (MW))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2005.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/529 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Venter, Tania |
| Publisher | North-West University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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