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Impact and sequelae of child sexual abuse
The long-term effects of child sexual abuseJ Cashmore and R Shackel
The dynamics of child sexual abuse
Understanding children’s medium for disclosing sexual abuseR Shackel
How child victims respond to perpetrators of sexual abuseR Shackel
“Because she’s one who listens”: children discuss disclosure recipients in forensic interviewsL Malloy, S Brubacher and M Lamb
A retrospective analysis of children’s assessment reports: what helps children tell?R McElvaney and M Culhane
Children’s disclosure of sexual abuse: a systematic review of qualitative researchS Morrison, C Bruce and S Wilson
Disclosure of child sexual abuse: delays, non-disclosure and partial disclosureR McElvaney
Factors that prevent, prompt, and delay disclosures in female victims of child sexual abuseN Kellogg, W Koek and S Nienow
Barriers and facilitators to disclosing sexual abuse in childhood and adolescenceC Lemaigre, E Taylor and C Gittoes
Child sexual abuse and the criminal law
Child witnesses: the judicial roleJ Cashmore
Child sexual abuse and the criminal justice system: what educators need to knowC Eastwood
Consequences of criminal court involvement for child victimsJ Quas and G Goodman
Child sexual assault trials: a survey of juror perceptionsJ Cashmore and L Trimboli
What Australian jurors know and do not know about evidence of child sexual abuseJ Goodman-Delahunty, N Martschuk and A Cossins
Validation of the child sexual abuse knowledge questionnaireJ Goodman-Delahunty, N Martschuk and A Cossins
Courtroom questioning of child sexual abuse complainantsN Westera et al
Judges’ delivery of ground rules to child witnesses in Australian courtsB Earhart et al
An evaluation of how evidence is elicited from complainants of child sexual abuseM Powell et al
The prosecution of child sexual assault in NSW
Fourteen-year trends in the criminal justice response to child sexual abuse reports in NSWJ Cashmore, A Taylor and P Parkinson
Sentencing and treatment of juvenile sex offenders in AustraliaR Blackley and L Bartels
Victim impact statements in child sexual assault cases: a restorative role or restrained rhetoric?R Shackel
Institutional child sexual abuse
The social dynamics and impacts of institutional child sexual abuseD Kenny
Memory science in the Pell appeals: impossibility, timing, inconsistenciesJ Goodman-Delahunty, N Martschuk and M Nolan
Investigation and interviewing children in child sexual abuse cases
Principles to enhance communication with child witnessesM Powell and B Earhart
Empirical guidance on the effects of child sexual abuse on memory and complainants’ evidenceJ Goodman-Delahunty, M Nolan and E van Gijn Grosvenor
Legal decision making about (child) sexual assault complaints: the importance of the information-gathering processM Martschuk, M Powell, R Blewer and J Goodman-Delahunty
Challenges facing child witnesses: special measures, witness assistance and intermediaries
Special measures in child sexual abuse cases: views of Australian criminal justice professionalsN Westera et al
Recording evidence and evidentiary issues in child sexual abuse cases
The “good old days” of courtroom questioning: changes in the format of child cross-examination questionsR Zajac, N Westera and A Kaladelfos
Disorder in the courtroom? Child witnesses under cross-examinationR Zajac, S O’Neill and H Hayne
Sexual assault: forensic examination in the living and deceasedC Lincoln
Forensic medical evaluation of children who present with suspected sexual abuseG Wong
The role of photographic and video documentation in the investigation and prosecution of child sexual assaultA Cossins et al
Factors associated with child sexual abuse confirmation at forensic examinationsW Silva et al
How to cross-examine forensic scientists: a guide for lawyersG Edmond et al
Model forensic scienceG Edmond et al
Forensic science evidence, wrongful convictions and adversarial processD Hamer and G Edmond
Mock jury and juror responses to uncharged acts of sexual misconductJ Goodman-Delahunty and N Martchuk
Jury reasoning in separate and joint trials of institutional child sexual abuseJ Goodman-Delahunty, A Cossins and N Martschuk
Methods to evaluate justice practices in eliciting evidence from complainants of child sexual abuseJ Goodman-Delahunty et al
Inconsistencies in complainants’ accounts of child sexual abuse arising in their cross-examinationA Pichler et al
Victims of sexual assault
Rape myths as barriers to fair trial processE McDonald
Misconceptions of sexual crimes against adult victimsP Tidmarsh and G Hamilton
Avoiding the second assault: a guidebook for trauma-informed prosecutorsE Werner
Specialist approaches to managing sexual assault proceedings: an integrative reviewA George et al
Scoping review of priority populationsA George et al
First nations women and children
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childrenP Anderson et al
Juvenile sex offenders
Sentencing and treatment of juvenile sex offendersR Blackley and L Bartels
Children with harmful sexual behavioursRoyal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Final Report, Ch 10
Online exploitation
Trajectories in online child sexual exploitation offendingT Krone and RG Smith
Child sexual abuse material on the darknet: a script analysis of how offenders operateB Leclerc et al
Inquiry into law enforcement capabilities in relation to child exploitationAustralian Institute of Criminology
Further reading
Further reading — non-legal
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