- Title
- Holistic juvenile justice centre: the design of a one-stop juvenile centre in Windhoek, Namibia
- Creator
- Saunders, Dylan
- Subject
- Juvenile detention homes -- Namibia -- Windhoek -- Designs and plans Juvenile detention homes -- Buildings, structures, etc..
- Date Issued
- 2012
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MArch
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/39144
- Identifier
- vital:35048
- Description
- The promotion and protection of children's rights has since independence been a 'political commitment within the country to improve the situation of children1.Namibia has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, whilst the Child Care and Protection Bill has been submitted to the Cabinet Committee on Legislation in 20102. Both seek to protect the rights of the child through a holistic approach. However, scepticism and uncertainty still pervades amongst the involved professional fields3. This can be attributed to the history of war and apartheid in Namibia, as well as social pressures of poverty and colonial legislation. Despite the adoption of national legislation respecting children's rights, difficulties in implementing the required procedural framework have placed Namibia at odds with international precedent4. In contrast, South Africa has developed specialised One-Stop Youth Justice Centres intended to promote the efficient operation of the juvenile legal system as part of promoting the rights of children5. Relying on inter-departmental cooperation, these centres are able to render comprehensive services to children in conflict with the law. Children are guided through the legal process after their arrest with the intended result of successful rehabilitation and integration into society. The main goal is to ensure that children are kept out of the conventional criminal justice system and only if rehabilitation has failed, will a child be sent to prison where a traditional sentence will be served. To better effect this these centres are to be located in residential areas. In light of international practises, courthouses are increasingly developing as specialised buildings tailored to the provision of the necessary services relevant to a particular type of civic or criminal offense6. Drawing a parallel to this, One-Stop Centres do not accommodate adult offenders, these centres are focussed on providing the necessary services to juvenile offenders and witnesses and victims of crimes committed by juveniles. This type of 'childfriendly' one-stop approach has unfortunately not permeated into the practices of the Namibian criminal justice system7. It is within this context that the design treatise has been investigated.
- Format
- various leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Arts
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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