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dc.contributor.authorBailey, Cate
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Martine
dc.contributor.authorBrubacher, Sonja P
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-13T04:37:24Z
dc.date.available2020-02-13T04:37:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1076-8971
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/law0000119
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/391395
dc.description.abstractIndigenous children are significantly more likely to be victims of sexual abuse than non-Indigenous children. To investigate justice outcomes for Indigenous children, we aimed in this study to compare Indigenous versus non-Indigenous cases of suspected child sexual abuse as they proceed through the criminal justice system in 2 Australian jurisdictions. In Study 1, case progression of the 2 groups was compared at the following 5 stages: Forensic disclosure (child disclosed to police in a forensic interview), case is charged, case is proceeded by public prosecutors, case goes to court, and conviction. The results revealed that in both jurisdictions, Indigenous children were less likely than non-Indigenous children to make an allegation of abuse and to have the case proceeded by public prosecutors. These findings suggest that it was more difficult for Indigenous cases of suspected child sexual abuse to proceed through the criminal justice system. A second study investigated which case characteristics predicted forensic disclosure. Previous disclosure by the child and the availability of a corroborating witness were significant predictors of a case having evidence in the form of a forensic disclosure, in both jurisdictions. In conclusion, cases for Indigenous children were less likely to have evidence in the form of a forensic disclosure than non-Indigenous children, and community related variables significantly predicted abuse allegations, in both cohorts. If an Indigenous child did not make an allegation of abuse within the community, the child was unlikely to make an allegation of abuse to police.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom178
dc.relation.ispartofpageto190
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychology, Public Policy, and Law
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4505
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Policy & Services
dc.titleThe Attrition of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Two Australian Jurisdictions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBailey, C; Powell, M; Brubacher, SP, The Attrition of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Child Sexual Abuse Cases in Two Australian Jurisdictions, Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2017, 23 (2), pp. 178-190
dc.date.updated2020-02-13T04:26:49Z
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gro.griffith.authorPowell, Martine B.


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