The Criminal Procedure Act outlines the factors that the court must take into account before granting bail. These include the degree of violence towards others implicit in the charge against the accused; any threat of violence which the accused may have made to any person; any resentment the accused is alleged to harbour against any person; any disposition to violence on the part of the accused, as is evident from past conduct; and the prevalence of a particular type of offence. All these factors are present in almost every case of the rape and murder of children.