Abstract:
This research was conducted in the Thohoyandou Correctional Centre within the
Female/Juvenile place found in the Thulamela Municipality in the Vhembe District. It is
approximately 200km to the north of Limpopo Provincial capital of Polokwane. It focuses on
finding out factors that influence offenders to re-offend again, investigate recidivism among
youth offenders and identify some of the problems relating to recidivism. The research
consisted of juvenile offenders incarcerated in the Thohoyandou Correctional Centre within
the juvenile area. Both groups of sentenced male and female juveniles participated in the
study. The research used non-probability sampling. Purposive sampling was used to gather
information within the Thohoyandou Correctional Centre. The research used interviews and
focus group interviews as methods of collecting data. The interviews were conducted using
English and Tshivenda then the responses were translated from Tshivenda to English. The
researcher interviewed young offenders who have offended and re-offended. The researcher
used grounded theory as a method to analyse data. This method helped the researcher to
generate theory from the data collected
