Rape unresolved: policing sexual offences in South Africa

"Of the approximately 50,000 rape cases reported in South Africa every year, only between 4% and 8% end in conviction. To understand the criminal justice system's s failure to adequately deal with sexual violence, one needs to start with the police. This book tells the story of some of the...

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1. VerfasserIn: Smythe, Dee (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Claremont, South Africa UCT Press 2015
In:Jahr: 2015
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Schlagwörter:
Criminal Law > South Africa
Criminal justice, Administration of > South Africa
Police > South Africa
Police Discretion > South Africa
Rape > Law and legislation > South Africa
Rape > South Africa > Case studies
Sexual abuse victims > South Africa
Südafrika > Vergewaltigung > Polizei > Aufklärung > Kriminologie > Strafjustiz
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Zusammenfassung:"Of the approximately 50,000 rape cases reported in South Africa every year, only between 4% and 8% end in conviction. To understand the criminal justice system's s failure to adequately deal with sexual violence, one needs to start with the police. This book tells the story of some of the cases reported to the South African Police Service and how they were dealt with." -- Publisher's description: https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Rape_Unresolved.html?id=TLaKrgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
CHAPTER 1. Charges dropped : an introduction to attrition in South Africa -- CHAPTER 2. Paper rich : rape in South African law and practice -- CHAPTER 3. The South African Police Service and the communities they police -- CHAPTER 4. A sketch of the cases -- CHAPTER 5. Recalcitrant victims -- CHAPTER 6. Complainant withdrawals -- CHAPTER 7. False complaints -- CHAPTER 8. Refractory systems -- CHAPTER 9. Taking responsibility/apportioning blame
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 266-300
Beschreibung:x, 316 Seiten
ISBN:9781919895895