LAWS5004 Study Guide - Final Guide: Offensive Weapon, Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, All England Law Reports
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Sexual assault (i) contextual considerations (a) general: nsw standing committee on social issues: the crime experienced by sexual violence victims is more than an assault. These feelings can include shame, guilt, embarrassment, confusion, feeling dirty and used. Feelings of self-blame and self-recrimination are particularly common among sexual violence victims. For at least the last century, the legal system has differentiated between credible and unacceptable allegations of sexual violence by examining prior sexual experience of the victim-complainant, her sexual reputation and her conduct at the time of the crime. Police, judges and juries have often determined the credibility of a complaint of sexual violence by reference to the complainant"s conduct. Presumption of innocence - (cid:862)(cid:449)he(cid:374) it (cid:272)o(cid:373)es down to the word of one person against another, with no (cid:449)it(cid:374)esses a(cid:374)d (cid:374)o othe(cid:396) suppo(cid:396)ti(cid:374)g e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e, (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g a (cid:272)ase (cid:271)e(cid:455)o(cid:374)d (cid:396)easo(cid:374)a(cid:271)le dou(cid:271)t is a ha(cid:396)d task(cid:863)
