Reporting Rape Cases at Police Stations in Kenya: Human Rights Dimensions of Survivors Experiences in Nairobi County

Abstract

This project presents findings of the study on the human rights dimensions of the experiences of those who report rape cases in Nairobi County, Kenya. The main objective was to explore how rape cases reporting at police stations is conducted, the survivors’ experiences and how this affects their human rights. The study assumed that the procedures for reporting rape are not followed and the human rights of the survivors were violated. Descriptive research design was adopted. All adult survivors of rape living in Nairobi County formed the population. The study employed the Theory of Planned Behavior (PBH) which uses attitudes, social norms, perception behavioral control (PBC) as model factors to assess their relationship with intent to report a crime. The relevance of the theory to this study was the fact that it facilitated an understanding of what could influences rape survivors resolve to report or not to report rape ordeals. The Snowball sampling was used to select 100 survivors of rape who were involved in the study.