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Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-88).
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2014
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| author | Silungwe, Ndumanene Devlin |
| author2 | Africa, Adelene |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-88). |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10773 Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders Silungwe, Ndumanene Devlin Africa, Adelene Psychology Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-88). Juvenile crime is a growing problem in Malawi. International research has focussed on the causes of this type of crime in an attempt to explain and deal with this phenomenon. This study adds to the scholarly knowledge by exploring the life stories of 22 male juvenile offenders currently incarcerated for various crimes in Malawi. Semi-structured life-history interviews were conducted and results are consistent with the existing literature - specifically on risk factors, control theories and life-course theories. This study showed that several factors in childhood and adolescence contributed to the participants' offending behaviour. Participants also made sense of their behaviour by constructing themselves as victims of life circumstances, spiritual and supernatural forces, and an inequitable justice system. Some of these attributional models are uncommon in criminological literature. 2014-12-31T19:56:25Z 2014-12-31T19:56:25Z 2007 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10773 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Psychology Silungwe, Ndumanene Devlin Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders |
| title_full | Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders |
| title_fullStr | Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders |
| title_short | Juvenile crimes in Malawi : life-history narratives of male juvenile offenders |
| title_sort | juvenile crimes in malawi life history narratives of male juvenile offenders |
| topic | Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10773 |
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