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Rape unresolved : policing sexual offences in South Africa / Dee Smythe.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cape Town, South Africa : UCT Press, 2015Description: x, 316 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781919895895
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV6569 S69 2015
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-300) and index.

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.

"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

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