Many children continue to be sexually abused worldwide. In Ghana, relatively high figures of child sexual abuse (CSA) are reported by the police daily. Although there are laws that seek to protect children from sexual abuse, in reality, there is a wide gulf between legislation and practice. This paper explores why this is so by examining the measures adopted in sanctioning perpetrators of CSA in the Ga community in Ghana. The study uses a qualitative approach to collect data from parents and guardians through in-depth interviews. The study revealed that, generally, traditional rather than legal sanctions are adopted in handling CSA cases. This paper thus interrogates the consequences of the obvious contraventions of the law as traditional interventions are resorted to. We posit that CSA can be minimised only when child protection laws are enforced by the police and victims are reoriented to appreciate the benefits of seeking legal redress.

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加纳阿克拉 Ga 社区解决儿童性虐待案件的替代措施研究

全世界许多儿童继续受到性虐待。在加纳，警方每天报告的儿童性虐待 (CSA) 数字相对较高。尽管有旨在保护儿童免受性虐待的法律，但实际上，立法与实践之间存在很大差距。本文通过研究在加纳 Ga 社区制裁 CSA 肇事者时所采取的措施来探讨为什么会这样。该研究使用定性方法通过深入访谈从父母和监护人那里收集数据。研究显示，一般而言，在处理 CSA 案件时，会采用传统的制裁而非法律制裁。因此，本文探讨了在诉诸传统干预措施时明显违反法律的后果。