Further reading — legal
[7-495] Further reading
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The following books and chapters are also recommended as further reading. The Judicial Commission has not reproduced these within the Sexual Assault Trials Handbook.
Evidence
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I Freckelton et al, Expert evidence and criminal jury trials, Oxford University Press, 2016, pp 93–116 (Ch 5).
The judicial role
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D Hamer, “Delayed complaint, lost evidence and fair trial: epistemic and non-epistemic concerns” in P Roberts and J Hunter (eds), Criminal evidence and human rights: reimagining common law procedural traditions, Hart Publishing, 2012, pp 215–237 (Ch 9).
Procedural considerations
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J Cashmore and R Shackel, “Evaluation of the Child Sexual Offence Evidence Pilot: final outcome evaluation report”, 2018.
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D Hamer, “Trying delays: forensic disadvantage in child sexual assault trials” (2010) 9 Criminal Law Review 671.
The prosecution of adult sexual assault matters
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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions NSW (ODPP), “Sexual assault review Report” 2025.