In the wider community, recidivism rates among sex offenders continue to be widely over-estimated and imprisonment rates under-estimated. The authors of this submission to the NSW Sentencing Council's review of penalties for sexual assault offences believes it would be in the interests of justice for government to ensure that the community has better access to...

Sexual assault has among the highest rates of acquittal and lowest rates of proven guilt compared with other offences. Given that more than 70 percent of sexual assault incidents are not reported to police and only about one in 10 reported incidents results in a guilty finding, increasing conviction rates for sexual assault is a...

The ACT Department of Justice and Community Safety commissioned the Australian Institute of Criminology to undertake research in relation to sexual assault and related offences in the ACT. The objectives of this three-stage project were to: examine the feasibility of an integrated justice information system by focusing on sexual assault and related offences; gauge the...

This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material. It describes what vicarious trauma is, how it may be experienced, and what may predict it occurring. This paper is about vicarious trauma, a normal response to repeated exposure and empathetic engagement with traumatic material. It describes...

Description of policy changes towards aged care facilities in relation to issues of sexual and physical assault. This includes some important changes to how incidents of sexual and physical abuse are investigated and resolved by aged care facilities, including the introduction of a mandatory reporting system. There is also a discussion of some issues the...