Specialist approaches to managing sexual assault proceedings: an Integrative Review

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The report addresses two critical issues in the management of sexual assault proceedings that call for specialist approaches: barriers to reporting, and re-traumatising features of the criminal legal process. In undertaking their integrative review of specialist approaches to managing sexual assault proceedings, the authors both canvass current evidence and synthesise best practice measures to support the development of this form of specialisation.