Crime, mental health and the criminal justice system in Africa : a psycho-criminological perspective / / edited by Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, Samuel Adjorlolo |
Edizione | [First edition] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXVIII, 411 pages) : 2 illustrations |
Disciplina | 364.968 |
Soggetto topico | Criminal justice, Administration of - South Africa |
ISBN | 3-030-71024-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction; Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Samuel Adjorlolo -- Part One: Theory and Research -- Chapter 2: Suicide, Suicidal Ideation, and Behavior among African Youths: A Psycho-social and Criminological Analysis; Richard A. Aborisade -- Chapter 3: Situating Suicide Attempt within the Notion of "Social Suffering": A New Public Mental Health Approach for Addressing a Psycho-criminological Problem in Ghana; Johnny Andoh Arthur -- Chapter 4: A Review of the Violent Nature of Criminal Victimization in South Africa; By: Johan van Graan -- Chapter 5: An Exploratory Study of Kidnapping as an Emerging Crime in Nigeria; By: Alaba Oludare -- Chapter 6: "What is the Problem"? Citizen's Experiences with the Police and Court in Ghana; Akosua A. Adu-Poku-- Chapter 7: "Before I could, say Jack, I was in the Grip of the Police": Experiences of Persons who Use Drugs and Their Encounters with the Police in Ghana; Feikoab Parimah, Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako, Maria Goretti Ane-Loglo, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Timothy P. Debrah, & Samuel Hanu -- Chapter 8: Evaluating the Predictors of Stress among Police Officers in Nigeria: A Psychosocial Analysis; Oluwagbenga (Michael) Akinlabi -- Chapter 9: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment among Prison Officers in Ghana: A Qualitative Exploration;Thomas D. Akoensi -- Part Two: Policy and Practice -- Chapter 10: An Overview of Serial Murder and its Investigation in South Africa; Gerard N. Labuschagne -- Chapter 11: The Constitutional Imperative, Common Law Position and Domestic Legislation in the Context of Mental Health Care in South Africa; Magdalen Swanepoel-- Chapter 12: Issues of Competence, Experience, and Psychological Awareness among Police Prosecutors Working on Cases of Child Sexual Abuse in Ghana; Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako -- Chapter 13: Mental Health of Prison Inmates within the Nigerian Criminal Justice System; Chiedu Eseadi -- Chapter 14: Crossing the Social Boundary: Black Female Offenders inside South African Institutions of Incarceration; NP Dastile -- Chapter 15: Conclusion; Samuel Adjorlolo and Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan. |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021] | ||
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Mutual legal assistance : treaty between the United States of America and South Africa signed at Washington, September 16, 1999 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of State, , [2001?] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (28 unnumbered pages) |
Collana | Treaties and other international acts series |
Soggetto topico |
Judicial assistance - United States
Judicial assistance - South Africa Criminal justice, Administration of - United States Criminal justice, Administration of - South Africa |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Mutual legal assistance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910697078803321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Dept. of State, , [2001?] | ||
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South African journal of criminal justice = : Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir strafregspleging |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kenwyn, : Juta, [1988]- |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 364.968/05 |
Soggetto topico |
Criminal justice, Administration of - South Africa
Criminal justice, Administration of Strafrecht Strafprocesrecht Periodicals - South African Criminal law - South Africa Crime - South Africa Criminals - South Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
ISSN | 1996-2118 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | afr |
Altri titoli varianti |
Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir strafregspleging
SACJ SAS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910229225403321 |
Kenwyn, : Juta, [1988]- | ||
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Transformation & trouble [[electronic resource] ] : crime, justice, and participation in democratic South Africa / / Diana R. Gordon |
Autore | Gordon Diana R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 382 p |
Disciplina | 364.968 |
Soggetto topico |
Criminal justice, Administration of - South Africa
Democracy - South Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-42298-7
9786612422980 0-472-02304-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : two paradigms and a program -- Pre-apartheid justice : versatile instrument of repression -- Apartheid justice : a contradiction in terms -- Bitter fruit from poison seeds -- Elements of liberal justice in a new democracy -- Protection, integrity, and rights : South Africa's achievements -- Public-empowering justice : resource for a new democracy -- Participation thwarted : South African failures -- Wielding the big stick -- Democratic justice and the competent citizen. |
Altri titoli varianti | Transformation and trouble |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459308403321 |
Gordon Diana R
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Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2006 | ||
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Transformation & trouble : crime, justice, and participation in democratic South Africa / / Diana R. Gordon |
Autore | Gordon Diana R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2006 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 382 p |
Disciplina | 364.968 |
Soggetto topico |
Criminal justice, Administration of - South Africa
Democracy - South Africa |
ISBN |
1-282-42298-7
9786612422980 0-472-02304-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : two paradigms and a program -- Pre-apartheid justice : versatile instrument of repression -- Apartheid justice : a contradiction in terms -- Bitter fruit from poison seeds -- Elements of liberal justice in a new democracy -- Protection, integrity, and rights : South Africa's achievements -- Public-empowering justice : resource for a new democracy -- Participation thwarted : South African failures -- Wielding the big stick -- Democratic justice and the competent citizen. |
Altri titoli varianti | Transformation and trouble |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792444203321 |
Gordon Diana R
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Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2006 | ||
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