Marginalized Knowledge: An Agenda for Indigenous Knowledge Development and Integration with Other Forms of Knowledge

Recommendations

The following recommendations are being introduced as they relate to the data analysed in the study and the policy makers can make use of them.

The role of the school in preventing juvenile delinquency can be best achieved if carried out in conjunction with the family. The role of the school should aim at maximising the learning process and elimination of factors which may have adverse effect on the learning process and create opportunities which enhance learning. Preventive strategies to high risk behaviour such as poor achievement at school, low resistance to peer influence should be introduced.

The school curriculum should focus on educating the youth about juvenile crime, dangers thereof and juvenile justice system youth about juvenile crime, dangers thereof and juvenile justice system, the negative effects of involvement in crime and also diversion. This can be achieved by providing the following programmes:

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   A programme that can improve self concept of young people especially those from poor questionable neighbourhoods and
   
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   Instructing young people about drug abuse and other criminal acts preparing them to be responsible citizens.
   

Also of primary importance would be the proper establishment of the success or failure rate of diversion in each province of South Africa based on recidivism rate of juvenile offenders. Once this information has been secured, appropriate recommendations as to how South Africa’s diversionary process could be upgraded should be put forward for implementation.