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  • What is The Policing Just Outcomes Project?

    The Policing Just Outcomes Project is employing a range of innovative social research approaches to examine the way that Victoria Police respond to victim/survivors and reports of Sexual Assault. The Project will identify and develop ways to inform and improve this response.

    Who is involved?

    The Project is funded by a Linkage Grant from the Australian Research Council and is being undertaken by Edith Cowan University, in partnership with Victoria Police and in collaboration with the University of Melbourne.

    What are the main goals of the Project?

    The main goals of the project are:

    - To improve our understanding of the incidence, nature and dynamics of sexual assault in Victoria, police responses to it, and the outcomes these responses generate.

    - To identify and understand the factors and dilemmas that influence the decisions made by adult victims of sexual assault on whether or not to report the offence/s to police.

    - To inform and improve Victoria Police responses to victim/survivors of sexual assault and the ways that Victoria Police manage the reporting of sexual assault

    - To identify and develop ways for the criminal justice system to better respond to and manage reports of sexual assault

    How will it achieve these goals?

    The project will achieve these goals through in-depth research and analysis of police response to reports of sexual offences and the management, investigation and outcome of sexual assault cases.

    The project will examine the decision making of victim/survivors in regard to reporting a sexual offence to police, and the experience of reporting a sexual offence for those who have chosen to report to police.  

    The project will draw upon this research to identify and develop best practice model for responding to sexual assault.

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