Sexual Offences and the Justice System

In this episode we talk to the team working on the VLRC's current inquiry, Improving the Response of the Justice System to Sexual Offences. The topics covered include: barriers to reporting sexual offences, alternative ways of reporting, specialist courts, and restorative justice. To find out more, including how to make a submission by 23 December 2020, visit our website. 

If you have experienced sexual assault, or helped someone who has, please let us know what you think by responding to the online form at Engage Victoria.

Presenter: Gemma Walsh. Guests: the Hon. Tony North QC, Chair of the VLRC; Jacinth Pathmanathan (team leader of the sexual offences inquiry); Emma Larking (senior research and policy officer).

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