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Criminal justice juvenile offenders in Tanzania: a critique of juvenile punishments
(University of Dar es Salaam, 2009) Luoga, Edgar Hilmar
This work examines the present state of harmonization of the laws of the land in order to get rid of unfair punishment of juvenile offenders. The work presents new insight in the importance of fair punishment to juvenile offenders as the same has been for a long time jeopardized, not only by the legislators but also law enforcing mechanism. Various laws have differently defined who a child is and at times have led to incarceration of children as if they were adults. The cruelty of the situation reached its apex with the enactment of the celebrated law, namely: the sexual offences (Special provisions) Act No. 4 of 1998. Even after its recent amendment under Act No.19 of 2007 which came into force on 4th January, 2008 there has been very little effect on the inhuman punishment of children. The study is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is an introduction. The second chapter is an overview of the legal rights of the child. The third chapter about the punishment of juvenile offenders especially when they commit sexual offences. The fourth chapter discloses the in/effectiveness of the imprisonment of juvenile offenders. The conclusion of this work is the last chapter which covers a summary of the study, observations and recommendations on how to improve the right of juvenile offenders.