Criminal justice responses to sexual assault

• AIC research project
• Start date: May 2002 (complete)

Description

The AIC has been funded by the Office for Women since 2002 to conduct research in the area of sexual violence directed against women. Research previously conducted under this funding has included the underreporting and 'hidden' recording of sexual assault, an investigation of recidivism amongst sexual assault offenders, prosecutorial decision making in relation to sexual assault and a study of women's help-seeking decisions. The AIC has recently investigated the experiences and perceptions of women from Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who have suffered sexual violence in Australia. The AIC is also extending the research by Lievore (2004) on sexual re-offending, to investigate the effectiveness of treatment programs and services for sex offenders. A third component of the current research is investigating trafficking of women for sexual purposes.

Publications

• The importance of victim credibility in prosecuting adult sexual assault cases
  Crime facts info, 2005
• No longer silent : a study of women's help-seeking decisions and service responses to sexual assault
  Denise Lievore, 2005
• Prosecutorial decisions in adult sexual assault cases
  Denise Lievore, 2005
• Prosecutorial decisions in adult sexual assault cases : an Australian study
  Denise Lievore, 2004
• Victim credibility in adult sexual assault cases
  Denise Lievore, 2004
• Intimate partner sexual assault : the impact of competing demands on victims' decisions to seek criminal justice solutions
  Denise Lievore, Eighth Australian Institute of Family Studies conference, 2003
• Non-reporting and hidden recording of sexual assault : an international literature review
  Denise Lievore, 2003
• Recidivism of sexual offenders : rates, risk factors and treatment efficacy
  Denise Lievore, 2003
• Non-reporting and hidden recordings of sexual assault in Australia
  Denise Lievore, Third Australasian women and policing conference, 2002

Related links

• Subject: Sexual assault and violence; Women
• Office for Women