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Sexual assault victims can easily be re-traumatised going to court — here's one way to stop this

  • Written by Mary Iliadis, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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As federal parliament has been rocked by allegations of sexual violence, one of the frequent questions has been “why don’t victims go to police?”

But this is not a straightforward or easy solution. And victims can easily end up being re-traumatised by going through the criminal justice system.

How can we make...

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