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Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda

Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2015.

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Other Authors: Stevens, G.P. (Geert Philip)
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Published: University of Pretoria 2016
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spelling oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/52430 Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda Stevens, G.P. (Geert Philip) elubaale@yahoo.co.uk Lubaale, Emma Charlene UCTD Child sexual abuse - South Africa and Uganda Law theses SDG-03 Law theses SDG-05 Law theses SDG-16 SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2015. This thesis addresses the problem of acquaintance child sexual abuse (ACSA) in South Africa and Uganda. The deficit between incidence and conviction (consistently termed the justice gap) in child sexual offending is demonstrated. Early in the thesis, it is demonstrated that unlike child sexual offending by strangers, ACSA has unique characteristics that merit special measures in the prosecution process if the justice gap is to be effectively bridged. The study propounds three prerequisites for the successful prosecution of ACSA. These are: tm2016 Public Law LLD Unrestricted 2016-05-04T13:46:32Z 2016-05-04T13:46:32Z 2015-12-10 2015 Thesis Lubaale, EC 2015, Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda, LLD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52430> D2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52430 en ©2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria
spellingShingle UCTD
Child sexual abuse - South Africa and Uganda
Law theses SDG-03
Law theses SDG-05
Law theses SDG-16
SDG-03: Good health and well-being
SDG-05: Gender equality
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda
title Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda
title_full Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda
title_fullStr Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda
title_short Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda
title_sort bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse a case of south africa and uganda
topic UCTD
Child sexual abuse - South Africa and Uganda
Law theses SDG-03
Law theses SDG-05
Law theses SDG-16
SDG-03: Good health and well-being
SDG-05: Gender equality
SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
url http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52430