Brief review of contemporary sexual offence and child sexual abuse legislation in Australia

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Abstract

The report provides an overview of the offences that an individual who sexually abuses a child in an institutional setting may be charged with in the nine Australian jurisdictions.

These include contact and non-contact sexual offences, child pornography offences and offences for which institutions and/or their representatives that were aware of child sexual abuse may be charged.

Prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationCanberra
PublisherAustralian Institute of Criminology
Commissioning bodyRoyal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Number of pages66
ISBN (Electronic)978 1 922009 76 0
ISBN (Print)978 1 922009 75 3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2014
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameAIC Special Reports
PublisherAustralian Institute of Criminology

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