UCT Press invites you to the launch of Rape Unresolved: Policing sexual offences in South Africa by Dee Smythe.

More than 1 000 women are raped in South Africa every day. Around 150 of those women will report the crime to the police. Fewer than 30 of the cases will be prosecuted and no more than 10 will result in a conviction. This translates into an overall conviction rate of 4-8 percent of reported cases. So what happens to all the other cases?

Rape Unresolved is concerned with the question of police discretion and how its exercise shapes the criminal justice response to rape in South Africa.

The launch will take place on Thursday, 12 May at the Faculty Common Room on the 4th floor of Kramer Law Building at the University of Cape Town.

Not to be missed.

Event Details

• Date: Thursday, 12 May 2016
• Time: 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
• Venue: Faculty Common Room
  4th Floor Kramer Law Building
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• RSVP: abigail.calata@uct.ac.za

 
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Book Details

• Rape Unresolved: Policing sexual offences in South Africa by Dee Smythe
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  EAN: 9781919895895
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