Abstract
South Africa has the highest incidence of rape in the world among the countries that reportreliable crime statistics (Snyman, 2005). Between April 2006 and March 2007, 52 617 rapeswere reported to the police in South Africa (“Information management, South African PoliceServices”, n.d.). A national crime survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (SSA) found thatone out of two rape survivors reported the matter to the police (SSA, 2000), while a threeprovincesurvey by the Medical Research Council on violence against women found that onlyone in nine victims reported their rape experience (Jewkes, Penn-Kekana, Levin, Ratsaka &Schrieber, 2001).
Highlights
South Africa has the highest incidence of rape in the world among the countries that report reliable crime statistics (Snyman, 2005)
A national crime survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (SSA) found that one out of two rape survivors reported the matter to the police (SSA, 2000), while a threeprovince survey by the Medical Research Council on violence against women found that only one in nine victims reported their rape experience (Jewkes, Penn-Kekana, Levin, Ratsaka & Schrieber, 2001)
The participants demonstrated the internalisation of the cultural truth that, if they were in a relationship with a man, he is entitled to sexual intercourse from his partner because he has no control over his sexual needs
Summary
South Africa has the highest incidence of rape in the world among the countries that report reliable crime statistics (Snyman, 2005). A national crime survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (SSA) found that one out of two rape survivors reported the matter to the police (SSA, 2000), while a threeprovince survey by the Medical Research Council on violence against women found that only one in nine victims reported their rape experience (Jewkes, Penn-Kekana, Levin, Ratsaka & Schrieber, 2001). An unsupportive response from police personnel may have a detrimental effect on adaptation to, and recovery from, the trauma of rape (Burgess & Holmstrom, 1978). The internalisation of misconceptions about sexual violence among the police and the expression thereof in the statement-taking context may have disastrous effects on a survivor (Ward, 1995)
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