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'What I had to say mattered' — how can we provide justice for sexual assault victims beyond criminal trials?

  • Written by Bernadette McSherry, Foundation Director, Melbourne Social Equity Institute and Professor of Law, University of Melbourne
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Louise Milligan’s new book, Witness, reports how traumatic the criminal justice system can be for victim-survivors of sexual assault.

This is not the first time we have heard how official responses to sexual violence can cause harm.

As the child abuse royal commission pointed out,

the criminal justice system is unlikely...

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