Women and children remain vulnerable to harm even after intimate violence has occurred. Coordinating a community’s response can help avoid educational, employment, social, housing and legal problems.
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Men like Harvey Weinstein have been able to abuse with relative impunity, despite many in the entertainment industry appearing to know or have suspicion of their behaviour.
The court needs to address charges of neo-colonialism.
When entertainer Rolf Harris was convicted of 12 cases of indecent assault there was first shock from his many fans in Australia and overseas, then a sense of disbelief that a man who won the hearts of…
The recent publication of a serious case review into the suicide of Frances Andrade reveals how difficult it is for a sexual assault victim to stand and testify against an accuser in court. Keir Starmer…
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
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Director of Australian Child & Adolescent Trauma, Loss & Grief Network, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Psychology, University of Denver