Exploring Service Provided for Crime victim Children in the Criminal Justice System the Case Study of Addis Ababa
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2014-10
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This research was conducted to fill the gap observed in the area of service delivery to
crime victim children pass ing through the cri minal justice system. The study popu lations were
crime investigat ing po lice, public prosecutors and social workers se lected from five Sub of
Ministry of Ju stice and Add is Ababa Police branch offices. Purpose of the research was to
identify the service package de li vered to the chi ldren, the knowledge and ski ll base of
professionals working with the chil dren, the utili zation of network and social workers
engagement. The research utili zed a qualitative research des ign from which an exploratory
research type was chosen. Trough a case study approach that utilized an in depth interview
guide as a method of data coll ection and a qualitative data ana lysis method to analyze major
find ings of the research. Based on the objective of the research, the find ing of the research
indicated that, although there is a separate system establi shed in investigat ing and prosecuting
crimes aga in st children and social workers are engaged in the process, the system does not
have multidisciplinary team that is specially equ ipped with the special knowledge and sk ill to
provide a uniform and standard serv ice to the children. Furthermore, the research has shown
that there is lack of effective uti lizat ion of resource and networking. Based on the findings, the
research has made a concluding remark that the system has a huge gap when compared with
what's expected for a chi ld fr iendly criminal justice system to be. Finally the research has
forwarded a recommend ation to help change the system at macro level and organizational
level. It also indicated that the ro le of social workers as a practitioner and social work as a
di scipline is deci sive in de livering an effective ch ild sensitive criminal justice process.
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Criminal Justice System