The use of children in war is one of the most universally condemned human rights abuses in the world, yet a large number of children are currently believed to be fighting in over 30 conflicts around the globe. While many ...

The profession of social work is already used for years by the legal system to assist courts in evaluating a person's personal circumstances and the course of justice. In practice it is often taken for granted that a ...

Die algemene doelstelling van hierdie studie was om die uitwerking van ʼn rouprogram by ʼn groep kinders in die middelkinderjare te bepaal. Die studiepopulasie het uit 63 kinders uit verskillende bevolkingsgroepe en tale ...

With this research the researcher aims to explore and describe the psycho-social risk factors for children of mothers with a history of childhood sexual abuse in order to gain a better understanding of the extent to which ...

Fighting sexual violence against women and children in South Africa is regarded as a priority. The aim of this study is to explore the reasons for the reluctance to disclose sexual abuse by middle childhood children. Some ...

Child sexual abuse is a global problem that occurs across cultures and socio-economic groupings with profound long term physical and mental health consequences. This study focuses on exploring and describing current social ...

In South Africa, informal alternative care is not regulated by the Department of Social Development. The amended Children’s Act (38 of 2005) serves as the ideal legislative guidance tool for social workers in South Africa ...

Dealing with child sexual abuse cases, is an integral part of the social workers job. Due to the nature of the abuse and the provisions made by the Children’s Act, 38 of 2005, as amended, to safeguard the child victim, ...

This study was an integral constituent of a multidisciplinary research project by the School of Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences: Psychology and the School for Bio-kinetics, Recreation and Sport Sciences of the Northwest ...

This study forms a subsection of an inter-university research project regarding the resilience of children in late middle childhood, in the South African context. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether ...