Parents' experiences of monitoring their adolescents' compliance with diversion orders

The Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 makes provision for the diversion of child/adolescent offenders and expects parents to monitor their compliance with diversion orders. This paper examines how parents' experience fulfilling this role, especially against the backdrop of their reduced influence during the adolescent development phase, following a qualitative study undertaken with 12 parents of diverted adolescents in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. The findings revealed the particular difficulties that parents experienced in monitoring compliance and highlight the specific parental support needs that can be met by social workers and other child justice officials.

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Main Authors: Abdulla,Zurina, Goliath,Veonna
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University/ Universiteit Stellenbosch 2015
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-80542015000200001
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spelling oai:scielo:S0037-805420150002000012015-08-26Parents' experiences of monitoring their adolescents' compliance with diversion ordersAbdulla,ZurinaGoliath,VeonnaThe Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 makes provision for the diversion of child/adolescent offenders and expects parents to monitor their compliance with diversion orders. This paper examines how parents' experience fulfilling this role, especially against the backdrop of their reduced influence during the adolescent development phase, following a qualitative study undertaken with 12 parents of diverted adolescents in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. The findings revealed the particular difficulties that parents experienced in monitoring compliance and highlight the specific parental support needs that can be met by social workers and other child justice officials.Department of Social Work, Stellenbosch University/ Universiteit StellenboschSocial Work v.51 n.2 20152015-01-01journal articletext/htmlhttp://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-80542015000200001en
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Parents' experiences of monitoring their adolescents' compliance with diversion orders
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description The Child Justice Act 75 of 2008 makes provision for the diversion of child/adolescent offenders and expects parents to monitor their compliance with diversion orders. This paper examines how parents' experience fulfilling this role, especially against the backdrop of their reduced influence during the adolescent development phase, following a qualitative study undertaken with 12 parents of diverted adolescents in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. The findings revealed the particular difficulties that parents experienced in monitoring compliance and highlight the specific parental support needs that can be met by social workers and other child justice officials.
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