Victims of crimes
Alternative labels
Victims of crime services
Report
Beyond reasonable doubt? Understanding police attrition of reported sexual offences in the ACT
This report presents the findings of a study that aimed to understand the reasons for the high rate of attrition of reported sexual offences in the Australian Capital Territory.
Literature review
Missing, murdered and incarcerated Indigenous women in Australia: a literature review
This document presents a review of the Australian literature on missing, murdered and incarcerated Indigenous women in Australia. The review was conducted by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) to support seven Indigenous-led communiques into missing, murdered and incarcerated Indigenous women.
Report
Violence against family animals in the context of intimate partner violence
This policy and practice paper describes what is known about the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and violence against family animals.
Report
Silenced and sidelined: systemic inquiry into victim participation in the justice system
The Commissioner’s first systemic inquiry focuses on victim participation in the justice system. As part of this inquiry, the Commissioner has looked at victims’ experiences of participating in the justice system and whether new laws or policies are needed to help victims participate in keeping with what they’re legally entitled to under the Victims’ Charter.
Report
User experiences of reporting dating app facilitated sexual violence to dating platforms
The authors of this report argue that implementing appropriate responses to reports of dating app facilitated sexual violence is important not only for supporting victim-survivors to recover from victimisation, but also for ensuring that victim-survivors of these behaviours choose to report again if they are revictimised.