Khasho September 2008 - National Prosecuting Authority

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10NPA EventsCape Town hosts10 th IATSO conferenceOther NPA staff members helped to organise IATSO and tookpart in events and discussions. The Vice-Secretary-General ofIATSO is Advocate Dario Dosio, a regional magistrate with theDepartment of Justice and Constitutional Development.Some of the fascinating topics that were considered included thefollowing:This year, Cape Town was privileged to host the10 th International Association for the Treatment ofSexual Offenders (IATSO) conference from 27 to30 August 2008. The main theme of this year’s conference wasPreventing sexual violence through effective sexual offendertreatment and public policy.IATSO was founded on 24 March 1998 in Caracas, Venezuela,during the 5 th International Conference on the Treatment ofSexual Offenders. It is an international non-profit organisationcommitted to the promotion of research into and the treatmentof sexual offenders throughout the world.IATSO believes that sexual offender treatment and researchare enhanced through international communication and theexchange of ideas, research and treatment methods. Sexualoffender treatment should be widely promoted, availableand accessible in order to reducethe incidence of sexual offences.Punishment for sexual crimes aloneis an inadequate deterrent for sexualcrimes. Sexual offender recidivism isbest reduced by treating the sexualoffender.• Sexual offender treatment: its scope, power and benefits forsociety• Working with children who are sexually aggressive: anoverview of policy and legislation supporting the treatment ofchildren• Reducing the risk of reoffending• Intermediary services for child witnesses testifying in criminalcourt proceedings in South Africa• How police interviewers can assist sexual offenders to provideaccounts• Childhood sexual abuse experiences of female student teachersin Zimbabwe• Personality characteristics of sexual offenders: how intractableare they?• Psychosomatics, dependency and sadism: chan ces andlimitations of forensic psychotherapy• The use of psychometrics for treatment planning of sexualoffenders in prison• Sexual homicide perpetrators: a comparison of child versusadult victims• Restorative justice as a challenge to traditional legal strategiesin sex offending casesAdvocate Thoko Majokweni, SpecialDirector of Public Prosecutions andHead of the NPA’s Sexual Offencesand Community Affairs (SOCA) Unit,Chairperson of the InterdepartmentalManagement Team (IDMT) andInnovations Ambassador, was thechairperson of the local organisingcommittee.IATSO specialisation focussed breakaway sessionProfessionalism, Integrity, Service Excellence, Accountability and Credibility
NPA Events11IATSO specialisation focussed breakaway sessionSpecific issues relevant to South Africa are the following:• The management of sexual offending in the context of highlevels of HIV infection• The impact of culture on sexual offending• The effectiveness of restorative justice programmes• The rehabilitation and treatment of young sexual offenders• Gangsterism and sexual violence• Human trafficking and sexual offending• Substance abuse and sexual offending• The impact of war on sexual violence• The use of pornography and sexual offending• The integration of offenders with the emphasis on prevention,reaction and supportNational and international delegates in the main Conferenceroom at IATSOPartners for this year’s IATSO conference included the NPA,the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Embassyof Denmark, Shoprite Checkers, Southern Sun, South AfricanAirways (SAA), the South African Human Rights Commission(SAHRC) and government in general.The purpose of hosting the conference in South Africa is toconsider new ways of implementing programmes that addresssexual offender therapy. The statutes and by-laws of IATSOsupport the development and improvement of effective sexualoffender treatment through international communication and theexchange of ideas, research and treatment methods.The next and 11 th IATSO conference will take place in Oslo,Norway, from 1 to 4 September 2010.NPA Risk and Secutiry Personnel, Shannon Randall, Samuel Mathoane,Macdonald Lucas, Rodney Bosman and Phulani Mashishi.Goals and objectivesof IATSO:• The sponsorship of biennial international conferenceson the treatment of sexual offenders forthe dissemination of new research, treatmentmethods, and to provide continuing educationand networking opportunities• The promotion of international, regional andlocal conferences on the treatment of sexualoffenders• Updating the IATSO standards of care for thetreatment of adult sexual offenders and theIATSO standards of care for the treatmentof juvenile sexual offenders, consistent withadvances in knowledge on the treatment ofsexual offenders• Advocacy of humane, dignified, comprehensive,ethical and effective treatment of sexualoffenders throughout the worldProfessionalism, Integrity, Service Excellence, Accountability and Credibility
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