An Examination of the Impact of a Criminal Case's Jurisdiction on the Prison Term in South Africa

Joe Khosa, Daniel Mashao, Desmond Ighravwe and Charis Harley
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Joe Khosa: Department of Engineering Management, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Daniel Mashao: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Desmond Ighravwe: Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Charis Harley: Data Science Across Disciplines Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 2023, vol. 9, issue 5, 24-35

Abstract: Abstract: Requests for the review of criminal cases have been prompted globally due to inconsistencies and human errors. Nevertheless, reopening court cases that have been closed can deplete an organization’s resources and erode the credibility of a nation’s legal system. Academics have proposed an empirical methodology to address the difficulty of formulating a plan for revisiting cases. To substantiate the formulation of such a plan, we have performed a statistical examination of the fluctuation in and determinants of the duration of imprisonment terms from a regional perspective in South Africa. An analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was conducted to examine the differences and similarities among three distinct categories of imprisonment periods in South Africa. Our findings indicate that the geographical location in which a sentence is administered significantly affects the duration of imprisonment, with a confidence interval of 5%. The obtained F-value is 2.347, indicating a significant effect. The corresponding p-value of 0.138 suggests a 13.8% chance and a critical F-value of 3.885. Additionally, we examined the role of the type of offense in influencing sentence length. The second hypothesis considered the potential impact of the duration of a case, precisely the time taken to reach a verdict, on the duration of the prison sentence. It has been observed that the length of a prison sentence remains constant regardless of the course of the case. We offered insights on the potential utility of these findings for contemporary legal practitioners.

Keywords: ANOVA; Criminal Cases; Jurisdiction; Prison Term; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.18775/ijmsba.1849-5664-5419.2014.94.1002

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