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Author Lievore, Denise

Title Non-reporting and hidden recording of sexual assault : an international literature review / by Denise Lievore
Published Barton, A.C.T. : Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women, [2003]
©2003

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Description 135 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm
Contents Summary -- Introduction -- Sources of data and their limitations -- Factors affecting the decision to report sexual assault -- Attrition and hidden recording -- Sexual assault of indigenous women -- Sexual assault of women from non-English-speaking backgrounds -- Sexual assault in rural Australia -- Sexual assault and women prisoners -- Recording in other systems -- Conclusion
Notes "... the Commonwealth Office of the Status of Women commissioned the Australian Institute of Criminology to undertake research on sexual assault and the criminal justice system. The initial phase of the project comprises an international literature review on the non-reporting and hidden recording of sexual assaults perpetrated against females aged 16 years and older."--p. 7
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 120-135
Notes Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Address as of 14/10/2003: http://www.osw.dpmc.gov.au/pdfs/sexualassault_review_june03.pdf
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Commonwealth of Australia 2003
Subject Rape.
Rape victims.
Rape victims -- Australia.
Rape -- Australia -- Statistics.
Genre/Form Statistics.
Author Australia. Office of the Status of Women.
LC no. 00002475
ISBN 1877042412