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The effects of community violence on learners in a rural context.

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dc.contributor.advisorGopal, Nirmala Devi.
dc.contributor.advisorSingh, Shanta Balgobind.
dc.contributor.authorMkhize, Sazelo Michael.
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-19T13:23:39Z
dc.date.available2015-05-19T13:23:39Z
dc.date.created2012
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionM.A. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2011en
dc.description.abstractMuch has been learned over the past decade about the way children respond to experiences of violence in their community. The goal of this study is to examine the effects of violence on the academic performance of learners, those who have been directly affected and those who have been witnessing violence being perpetrated either against close friends and relatives or against other people generally. The findings of the study suggest that both direct and indirect victims of crime are affected by violence which, in turn, has negative effects on their school performance. This research was conducted at Swayimana, a rural area in Pietermaritzburg under the Umshwathi municipality. In this area perpetrators of crime are young people against other young people, although occasionally senior members of the community have instigated violence.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/12040
dc.language.isoen_ZAen
dc.subjectRural schools--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg.en
dc.subjectSchool children--Violence against--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg.en
dc.subjectViolence--Social aspects--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg.en
dc.subjectChildren and violence--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg.en
dc.subjectAcademic achievement--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg.en
dc.subjectHome and school--KwaZulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg.en
dc.subjectTheses--Criminology.en
dc.titleThe effects of community violence on learners in a rural context.en
dc.typeThesisen

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