Courts prolong abuse survivors' suffering
The effects of being sexually abused as a child are escalated by involvement in the criminal justice system, an abuse survivor who now advises police on interacting with victims says.
Sascha Chandler, an international banker whose battle to bring his abuser Andrew McIntosh to justice in 2006 received wide media attention, on Thursday told the sex abuse royal commission in Sydney fundamental changes were needed.
The commission has spent two weeks examining how the criminal justice system handles child sex abuse cases. Mr Chandler recommended better training for first-response police and that prosecutors significantly improve communication with survivor witnesses.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/going-to-police-a-trauma-for-abuse-victims/news-story/75027be4f8d5b5654147493d05329bbb
The effects of being sexually abused as a child are escalated by involvement in the criminal justice system, an abuse survivor who now advises police on interacting with victims says.
Sascha Chandler, an international banker whose battle to bring his abuser Andrew McIntosh to justice in 2006 received wide media attention, on Thursday told the sex abuse royal commission in Sydney fundamental changes were needed.
The commission has spent two weeks examining how the criminal justice system handles child sex abuse cases. Mr Chandler recommended better training for first-response police and that prosecutors significantly improve communication with survivor witnesses.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/latest-news/going-to-police-a-trauma-for-abuse-victims/news-story/75027be4f8d5b5654147493d05329bbb