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

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dc.contributor.advisor Stevens, G.P. (Geert Philip) en
dc.contributor.postgraduate Lubaale, Emma Charlene en
dc.date.accessioned 2016-05-04T13:46:32Z
dc.date.available 2016-05-04T13:46:32Z
dc.date.created 2015-12-10 en
dc.date.issued 2015 en
dc.description Thesis (LLD)--University of Pretoria, 2015. en
dc.description.abstract 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: en
dc.description.availability Unrestricted en
dc.description.degree LLD en
dc.description.department Public Law en
dc.description.librarian tm2016 en
dc.identifier.citation 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> en
dc.identifier.other D2015 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52430
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
dc.rights ©2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. en
dc.subject UCTD en
dc.subject Child sexual abuse - South Africa and Uganda en
dc.subject.other Law theses SDG-03 en
dc.subject.other Law theses SDG-05 en
dc.subject.other Law theses SDG-16 en
dc.subject.other SDG-03: Good health and well-being en
dc.subject.other SDG-05: Gender equality en
dc.subject.other SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions en
dc.title Bridging the justice gap in the prosecution of acquaintance child sexual abuse : a case of South Africa and Uganda en
dc.type Thesis en


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