SOCIAL WORK FORENSIC REPORTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN CRIMINAL COURTS: INEVITABILITY IN THE QUEST FOR JUSTICE
Social work forensic reports can play a vital role in sentencing. In this article the expectations of criminal courts of social work forensic reports were established in order to improve the contribution of the social work discipline in the search for justice. An important result indicates that cour...
Main Authors: | Mariëtte Joubert, Carel van Wyk |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2014-10-01
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Series: | Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk |
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Online Access: | https://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/387 |
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