Martha Donkor

Child Rape in Ghana (eBook, ePUB)

Lifting the Veil

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes the etiology of child rape in Ghana within the framework of rape culture. By applying feminist perspectives and psychological theories to laws in Ghana to protect children against sexual abuse, this book creates room for both victims and perpetrators to tell their stories while also incorporating the views of the public through a textual analysis of reader comments on child rape in the nation's newspapers. The presentation of both victims' and perpetrators' perspectives is done with the goal of drawing attention to the pervasiveness of child rape in Ghanaian society and to provide a lens through which we can detect potentially dangerous situations that can lead to child molestation in our homes and communities, revealing lapses in social organization and interactions that make child rape possible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498572880
• Artikelnr.: 57102706

Autorenporträt

Martha Donkor is professor of women's and gender studies at West Chester University.

Inhaltsangabe

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