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Minimum Sentences in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: The after-effects of Rape as a Factor in Imposing Life Imprisonment

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    Annette van der Merwe

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Principal Lecturer, Department of Procedural Law, University of Pretoria, South Africa. This article is based on a paper delivered at the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law conference: Convergence of Criminal Justice Systems: Building Bridges – Bridging the Gaps in The Hague, August 2003. The author would like to express thanks for the commentary on previous drafts by Karen Müller, Unit for Child Witness Research and Training, NMMU, Vista Campus, South Africa.

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van der Merwe, A. Minimum Sentences in Child Sexual Abuse Cases: The after-effects of Rape as a Factor in Imposing Life Imprisonment. Crim Law Forum 15, 301–317 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10609-005-2234-2

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