SEXUAL ABUSE, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME AND PRESCRIPTION – A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SOUTH AFRICAN AND DUTCH POSITIONS

Sexual abuse is not something the victim thereof discloses easily; on the contrary it is likely to give rise to feelings of shame and self-loathing. Facing the perpetrator and accusing him or her in a court of law is even more difficult. It is not surprising that perpetrators of these deeds will hardly ever be faced with criminal or delictual consequences of their vile conduct. When the victims eventually muster the courage to speak, it is often too late, because the sell-by date of the remedy has passed. The crime or delict, depending on what recourse the victim is seeking, has prescribed. Th... Mehr ...