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How can we provide justice for sexual assault victims beyond criminal trials?
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 ever to provide an easy or straightforward experience for a complainant.
The Victorian Law Reform Commission is currently looking at how to improve responses to sexual offences. As part of this, it is seeking submissions on whether there are other ways — beyond criminal trials — to better meet the needs of people who have experienced sexual harms.
The limits of criminal trials
Criminal trials may hold offenders to account…
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