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Reducing the Risk of Being a Victim of Crime in South Africa: You can tell and be Heard!
| Title: | Reducing the Risk of Being a Victim of Crime in South Africa: You can tell and be Heard! |
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| Authors: | Bornman, Juan, Bryen, Diane Nelson, 1946, Kershaw, Priscilla, Ledwaba, Gloria |
| Source: | Augmentative and Alternative Communication. 27:117-130 |
| Publisher Information: | Informa UK Limited, 2011. |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Subject Terms: | Adult, Male, Symbolism, Self Disclosure, Communication Devices for People with Disabilities, Multilingualism, Vocabulary development, Vocabulary, Vulnerable Populations, Education, South Africa, 03 medical and health sciences, Victims of crimes -- South Africa, People with disabilities -- Means of communication -- South Africa, Multilingualism -- South Africa, Comparative and general -- Augmentatives -- South Africa, Discrepancy analysis, Humans, Multi-lingual issues, 10. No inequality, Developing Countries, Crime Victims, Grammar, 4. Education, 05 social sciences, Middle Aged, 16. Peace & justice, Risk factors, Communication Disorders, Vulnerable groups, Female, Crime, Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), People with disabilities -- Crimes against -- South Africa, 0305 other medical science, 0503 education |
| Description: | People who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) know that silence is not always golden. Persons with disabilities and in particular those with complex communication needs, have a heightened risk of becoming victims of crime, abuse, and neglect. This study looked at the vocabulary needed to disclose or report crime or abuse in South Africa, and also focussed on the development of communication boards for this purpose, in four of the 11 official South African languages (Afrikaans, English, Sepedi, and isiZulu). Thirty-six participants in four language-based focus groups (English, Afrikaans, Sepedi, and isiZulu) were asked to generate a list of possible words they deemed important when wanting to disclose a crime, abuse or neglect. Participants then prioritized the top 55 words. A total of 56 words appeared on two or more of the lists from the four language groups. The board was developed using Picture Communication Symbols (PCS), the most frequently used symbol set in South Africa, according to an electronic mail survey. A discrepancy analysis revealed that these 56 words could be represented by 219 symbols. Symbols were developed for two words (swear, threaten) for which no PCS symbols existed. The process of developing the communication boards described in this paper may be useful to AAC communities in other countries, and the boards can serve as templates for other languages. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1477-3848 0743-4618 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/07434618.2011.566696 |
| Access URL: | https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/2263/17048/1/Bornman_Reducing_2011.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21524185 https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/2263/17048/1/Bornman_Reducing_2011.pdf https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds[]=citjournalarticle_292096_20 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/17048 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21524185 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07434618.2011.566696 |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e6945159d300fa31b83760f7a25dfaea |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 14773848 07434618 |
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| DOI: | 10.3109/07434618.2011.566696 |