RMIT Sexual Offence Interviewing Project

09/08/2026

🔈✨ NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL ARTICLE ✨ 🔈

“𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰”: 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺-𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀’ 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱

The study offers both short-term and longer-term suggestions for supporting victim-survivors in sexual offence investigations.

This study explored adult victim-survivors’ experiences of reporting sexual violence to police in Australia, focusing on their suggestions for supporting future...

09/08/2026

📢 New Open Access Article 📢

𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒎-𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒔’ 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔: 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝑺𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚

Thank you so much to everyone who completed this survey. I really appreciate you taking the time to contribute your invaluable insights and shape more victim-centred investigative interview practice 🙏

Victim-survivors of sexual violence frequently describe police interviews as traumatising, yet their input has seldom been sought in the development of investigative interview techniques. Our study surveyed 285 adult victim-survivors of sexual violence in Australia to examine their perceptions of ke...

19/03/2026

We believe all survivors of sexual assault should be able to safely access counselling without fear of their offender ever eavesdropping in on the conversation. Yet our legal system currently undermines confidence in vital counselling services by enabling offenders and other third parties access to....

02/06/2025

Hello! We are conducting an anonymous survey on Australian victim-survivors' perceptions of police interview techniques in sexual offence cases.

If you are interested in sharing your views, please consider completing this survey:

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