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4 results foundAuthor: Burton, Patrick Title: Dealing with school violence in South Africa Summary: Violence in South African schools has become a matter of much concern for both government and the South African public. Building on the findings of the CJCP National Schools Violence Study, this paper locates the violence at schools within a broader context, looking at the role of the Department of Education as well as other key role-players. The paper advocates for a ‘whole school’ approach to school safety, while addressing external factors through an integrated and coherent strategy involving the Education, Social Development, Local Government and Community Safety departments. While a number of interventions can address the short-term manifestation of violence in schools, a more fundamental longer-term paradigm shift needs to occur within society in general to deal adequately with the issue, and a number of possible steps towards this shift are recommended. Details: Claremont, South Africa: CJCP - Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, 2008. 16p. Source: CJCP Issue Paper No. 4: Internet Resource: Accessed on February 3, 2012 at http://www.cjcp.org.za/admin/uploads/Issue%20Paper%204-final.pdf Year: 2008 Country: South Africa URL: http://www.cjcp.org.za/admin/uploads/Issue%20Paper%204-final.pdf Shelf Number: 123936 Keywords: Crime SurveySchool Violence (South Africa) |
Author: Khan, Faeza Title: Building School Safety: The Hlayiseka Project - A Whole School Approach Summary: The school is a very powerful institution of socialisation, and the levels of violence currently threatening the wellbeing and development of learners at school are cause for great concern. The CJCP has recently conducted a National Schools Violence Study, which outlines the extent and nature of violence at schools. This paper discusses an intervention developed in partnership with the National Department of Education, which aims at providing schools with a toolkit for addressing school violence. The toolkit provides a school with practical guidelines that will assist it to: identify and respond to security issues and threats; establish reporting systems; monitor safety over time; and integrate existing departmental policy and legislation to ensure school safety. The intervention provides long-term sustainable management that will not only ensure school safety but will transform schools into caring spaces where learners can learn and educators can teach. Details: Claremont, South Africa: CJCP - Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, 2008. 8p. Source: CJCP Issue Paper No. 6: Internet Resource: Accessed on February 3, 2012 at http://www.cjcp.org.za/admin/uploads/Issue%20paper%206-final.PDF Year: 2008 Country: South Africa URL: http://www.cjcp.org.za/admin/uploads/Issue%20paper%206-final.PDF Shelf Number: 123937 Keywords: Juvenile VictimsSchool Violence (South Africa) |
Author: Leoschut, Lezanne Title: School violence: What makes learners vulnerable? Summary: It is the intention of this paper to highlight the contextual factors that heighten the vulnerability of children and youths to violence within schools. To do this, focus is shifted away from actual victimisation and towards the broader social environments surrounding the schools, which influence the learners’ vulnerability to having violence perpetrated against them within the school setting. An awareness of these correlates is of paramount importance since effective intervention strategies are reliant on the comprehensive understanding of why young people fall prey to such experiences in the first place. Given the diverse risk factors, the paper concludes that any attempt to address school violence should extend beyond the Department of Education to include important role-players such as the pupils themselves, their parents, community members, the South African Police Service and other government departments. Details: Claremont, South Africa: CJCP - Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention, 2008. 12p. Source: CJCP Issue Paper No. 7: Internet Resource: Accessed on February 3, 2012 at http://www.cjcp.org.za/admin/uploads/Issue%20Paper%207.pdf Year: 2008 Country: South Africa URL: http://www.cjcp.org.za/admin/uploads/Issue%20Paper%207.pdf Shelf Number: 123943 Keywords: Child VictimizationJuvenile VictimsSchool CrimeSchool Violence (South Africa) |
Author: Mncube, Vusi Title: The Dynamics of Violence in Schools in South Africa Summary: There is an oft-repeated argument by many social commentators that our streets, schools and roads are unbearably violent. As we continually witness events unfolding in several spheres of our society, be it in the mines; in our education system, or even in the political arena, the question of using violence to get points across perpetually rears its ugly head. The question we should be asking ourselves, if we are convinced that we are a violent society, is to what extent is violence prevalent in our schools and how does it contribute to the shaping of the young mind? Because in a normal sequence of events, the learners we have in our classrooms today are the leaders of tomorrow. The dynamics of violence in schools: Implications for policy makers in South African Education’ is an instructive study which was conducted by a team of researchers from Unisa’s College of Education in six of South Africa’s provinces: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal, North West and the Western Cape. It explored the nature and extent of violence in South African schools focussing mainly on the types of violence, the underlying causes of violence and initiatives for its prevention. The findings of the study suggest that violence is a serious problem in many South African schools. Details: Pretoria, South Africa: University of South Africa, 2013. 144p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 1, 2013 at: http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/colleges/col_education/docs/The%20Dynamics%20of%20Violence%20in%20South%20African%20schools.pdf Year: 2013 Country: South Africa URL: http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/colleges/col_education/docs/The%20Dynamics%20of%20Violence%20in%20South%20African%20schools.pdf Shelf Number: 128513 Keywords: School CrimesSchool SafetySchool Violence (South Africa) |