Little research has been done on the services that currently exist for victim/survivors of sexual assault. Yet high quality services can minimise the harm experienced by the victim/survivor. This paper summarises the international and national literature that exists on sexual assault services. It focuses on the needs of victim/survivors, on existing interventions, and data on...

Mary Heath outlines laws of evidence that have had significant impacts on procedures in sexual offence trials and on victim-complainants' experiences in court in each Australian state and territory jurisdiction.

This report discusses the technical details of the design, conduct and estimation methods of the Australian component of the 2000 International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS). Development of the ICVS commenced in 1987; its primary goal was to further international comparative research. The first survey was conducted in 1989 and 16 countries participated. Since then the...