Child Justice Administration in Africa
This interdisciplinary book analyzes the nature of child justice administration in Africa, particularly focusing on Nigeria and South Africa. The author uses a comparative approach in analyzing the legal regime and practice of child justice administration
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Child Justice Administration in Africa
Mariam Adepeju Abdulraheem-Mustapha
Child Justice Administration in Africa
Mariam Adepeju Abdulraheem-Mustapha Department of Public Law Faculty of Law University of Ilorin Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
ISBN 978-3-030-19014-9 ISBN 978-3-030-19015-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19015-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The motivation for this book arose out of the author’s personal experiences in courts and correctional homes where there is an increasing number of child offenders in the Nigerian custodial institutions. The author became very interested with the intricacies of African child justice system in general and the Nigerian child justice system in particular especially the ways it addresses the procedural process of child offenders in the family courts and the inadequacies in the protection of children generally. Indeed, as will be shown in the remaining parts of the book, child justice administration entails much more than scholars acknowledged. This is especially true for the African continent. While quite a lot has been done in this regard in other climes, Africa has unfortunately taken a back seat. All this makes this book not only timely but very significant. The book comprises seven incisive chapters. The first chapter contains an introduction. This chapter sets the scene for the book in that it contains a brief description of the background, methodology and limitation of the chapter. The next chapter, Chapter 2, considers the concept of child delinquenc
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