Sexual Assault Trials Handbook — Adult victims of sexual assault

A George, V Lowik, M Suzuki, and N Corbett-Jarvis, “Specialist approaches to managing sexual assault proceedings: an integrative review”, AIJA and Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department Report, 2023.

This report was commissioned by AIJA and Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department as part of a joint research project between AIJA, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, CQUniversity College of Law and Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, in order to progress the Standing Council of Attorneys-General Work Plan to Strengthen Criminal Justice Responses to Sexual Assault 2022–2027.

The report addresses two principal concerns in the management of sexual assault proceedings: systemic barriers to reporting sexual violence, and the re-traumatisation experienced when engaging with the criminal legal system. The authors identify and evaluate the specialist measures designed to address these concerns in sexual offences courts/lists, and in three comparative domains: child sexual offences courts/lists, DFV courts/lists and specialist prosecution units.