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
www.shutterstock.comAs 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...
