‘The reporting process was more traumatising than the assault itself’: LGBTQ+ survivors on accessing support after sexual violence

By Bianca Fileborn, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
Angela Dwyer, Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
Ash Barnes, Assistant researcher, University of Tasmania
Nicole L. Asquith, Director, Tasmanian Institute of Law Enforcement Studies, University of Tasmania

Our new research found most participants experienced sexual violence at multiple points across their lives. And many reported negative experiences when trying to access support.

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