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versão On-line ISSN 2312-7198
versão impressa ISSN 0037-8054
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MPHAPHULI, Lucy Nthepa. Witness protection programme: the views of witnesses and staff members on how children are affected by the admission of their parents into the programme. Social work (Stellenbosch. Online) [online]. 2022, vol.58, n.2, pp.147-157. ISSN 2312-7198. http://dx.doi.org/10.15270/58-2-1039.
Children, although innocent, are often admitted into the witness protection programme with their parents and, as a result, they experience isolation and social uprooting. This qualitative study aimed to describe the views of witnesses and staff members on how children are affected by the admission of their parents into the witness protection programme in South Africa. The ecological systems perspective, which recognises the impact of the environment on human functioning, and the person-in-environment perspective provided the theoretical framework. The findings confirmed the hardships of children in coping with the admission of their parents into the witness protection programme.
Palavras-chave : children; family contact; social uprooting; social work intervention; witness protection programme; witness.