It seems like the DCS has not been able to find a solution to dealing with longterm and life sentenced offenders. Is it because the focus of DCS is on rehabilitation for reintegration that those with a prospect of spending their lives in prison cannot be accommodated in terms of programmes? There are international good [...]
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Citation: After Crime and Punishment – Pathways to Offender Reintegration
Venessa C. T. Padayachee and Arina Smit Book Review: Maruna, S., & Immarigeon, R. (Eds.). (2004). After Crime and Punishment: Pathways to Offender Reintegration. Devon, UK: Willan. 290 pp International Criminal Justice Review September 2007 17: 243-245,
Impact evaluation of the Offender Reintegration Programme
In 2002 NICRO commissioned this evaluation of the Offender Reintegration Programme (hereafter The Reintegration Programme or the Programme) that was implemented jointly with Working for Water (Department of Water Affairs and Forestry) and funded by the Department of Social Development. The aim of this evaluation was to ascertain the impact of the Programme. A description [...]
TEP (Tough Enough Programme) evaluation 2003
In 2002 NICRO commissioned this evaluation of the Tough Enough Programme that falls within their Offender Reintegration Programme. The aim of this evaluation was to ascertain the impact of the Programme. A description of the Programme is provided in the first chapter, following a discussion on the conceptual background to this study developed at a [...]
Impact evaluation of the Witness Support Project (WSP)
This research study was commissioned by NICRO to evaluate the impact of the Witness Support Project (WSP). The WSP started in 1997 as part of an initiative by the Bureau of Justice Assistance which aimed to make South Africa’s criminal justice system more effective and more humane. A separate waiting room and support services were [...]
TEP (Tough Enough Programme) evaluation 2001
Offender Reintegration has been one of the key programmes of NICRO for some time. What differentiates the Tough Enough Programme (TEP) from other previous interventions is the focus on the quality of the intervention rather than quantity, and this is indicated by the findings. It is also a pre- and post- release intervention and therefore [...]
Prosecutorial attitudes towards diversion
The first formal diversion programmes in South Africa were established in 1992 by NICRO in Cape Town and jointly by NICRO and LHR in Pietermaritzburg. Both these initiatives focused on pre-trial community service as a diversion option for children charged with minor criminal offences. The development of these programmes introduced a new phase in the [...]
NICRO Diversion Options
Diversion in South Africa has come a long way since the early 1990s when the first formalised programmes were initiated. Several significant developments, such as the formation of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Young People at Risk (IMC), has resulted in the creation of new diversion options as well as the revision of existing ones. This [...]
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