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Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa
Bibliography: pages 202-207.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/16099 Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa Van Eden, Karen Schärf, Wilfried Criminology Initiation rites Bibliography: pages 202-207. In traditional indigenous communities, rites of passage provide a binding and supportive function which facilitates the transition of young people from childhood to adulthood. However, in contemporary western society transition rites have largely been forgotten or neglected and this loss has resulted in a hunger for initiation which adolescents often attempt to satisfy by using means which are socially unacceptable. This study attempts to understand the mechanisms which lead adolescents into socially unacceptable behaviour by exploring the potential for using the notion of de-labelling as the basis of intercepting and transforming juvenile deviance. As such, rites of passage are explored from the perspectives of a range of social scientific theories in order to assess the value in these processes tor young people at risk in South Africa. The central findings of this study suggest that it is possible to reinstate rites of passage in the form of a de-labelling programme, but that there is a need to go beyond an isolated programme by providing more systemic containment of young people in the form of community support and mentoring. 2016-01-02T04:27:02Z 2016-01-02T04:27:02Z 1998 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16099 eng application/pdf Institute of Criminology Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Criminology Initiation rites Van Eden, Karen Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa |
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| title | Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa |
| title_full | Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa |
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| title_short | Rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in South Africa |
| title_sort | rites of passage as the basis of programme development for young people at risk in south africa |
| topic | Criminology Initiation rites |
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