Child Rape in Ghana - Lifting the Veil

Lifting the Veil examines child rape in Ghana within the framework of rape culture. It adopts a holistic approach that combines the perspectives of victims and perpetrators and draws attention to poverty as central to a culture of irresponsibility among segments of the male population who engage in child rape.

List of contents

Chapter One: Child Rape within the Context of Rape Culture
Chapter Two: Sociocultural Contexts for Understanding Child Rape in Ghana
Chapter Three: Rape, Defilement and the Law in Ghana
Chapter Four: Class and Defilement in Numbers
Chapter Five: Prosecuting Defilement Cases
Chapter Six: Victim Perspectives on Defilement
Chapter Seven: Perspectives from Behind Bars
Chapter Eight: Post-rape Rehabilitation of Children
Chapter Nine: Mapping a Way Forward

About the author

By Martha Donkor

Summary

Lifting the Veil examines child rape in Ghana within the framework of rape culture. It adopts a holistic approach that combines the perspectives of victims and perpetrators and draws attention to poverty as central to a culture of irresponsibility among segments of the male population who engage in child rape.

Product details

• Authors: Martha Donkor, Donkor Martha
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781498572873
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7287-3
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Critical African Studies in Gender and Sexuality; Critical African Studies in Ge; Critical African Studies in Gender and Sexuality; Gender and Sexuality in Africa and the Diaspora
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, Politics and government