This High Court appeal did not ask whether Pell committed the offences. It asked whether the two majority judges in the Victorian Court of Appeal, in dismissing Pell’s earlier appeal, made an error.
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To address low conviction rates in child sex abuse cases, reforms were made to allow juries to hear about the past sex crimes of defendants. Not all lawyers agree the changes are good.
When parents suspect grooming, they should direct their concerns to the school, no matter how trivial it may seem.
Addressing the legal responsibility of institutions for the actions of abusers has proven incredibly complex. Victoria thought it was making things easier for victims, but the opposite is true.
Moderate Liberal Russell Broadbent, says mandatory sentencing interferes with separation of powers, and removes the option for judges to take particular circumstances of cases into account.
Last year, Pennsylvania’s grand jury report uncovered sexual abuse allegations by over 300 priests. A scholar explains how the report may have helped survivors come to terms with a painful past.
The ethical implications of putting vigilantes on the front line in the battle against child sex abuse.
In the wake of new revelations about clergy sex abuse and cover-up in Pennsylvania, civil lawsuits brought by abuse victims may be the only effective way to hold Catholic church officials accountable.
The finding in the Newcastle Local Court will have huge implications for the Catholic church and other institutions worldwide.
Popes are not infallible, yet apologies are rare.
Young people in remote Aboriginal communities have high rates of STIs for a number of reasons, including inconsistent condom use and poor access to health services.
Australia’s proposed redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse is more complex, bigger, and includes more sites than any other.
Employers like Michigan State play a critical role in protecting people – or not – from abuse by people on their payroll.
Psychologists don’t know much about why people have age-based sexual attractions – such as pedophilia – or how best to help people not act on sexual interests in children.
The royal commission has performed its task with distinction – now it is up to governments and institutions to ensure those efforts are matched with a redress scheme.
There are some online child sex abuse offences in Australia for which a defendant’s claim that they were purely fantasising could excuse criminal liability.
In the wake of the #Metoo movement, and with the goal of transforming toxic masculinity into compassionate masculinity, we must create new spaces to listen to male victims of child abuse too.
The government’s proposed redress scheme for victims of institutional child sexual abuse controversially excludes some victims.
A recent US study found one out of every five child sexual abuse cases validated by child protection had a female as the main offender of the abuse.
Reporting child sexual abuse to police, and any subsequent investigation or trial, is a time of profound instability for victims and their families.
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Co-leader, Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Criminology & Justice, Co-leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Domestic and Family Violence, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice & Co-Leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW
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Distinguished Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior research fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Brunel University of London
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Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
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Reader in Sport and Leisure and Studies, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate Professor Social Sciences, Gender& Sexualities, Bournemouth University
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Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Director of POCHE Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland