Rough justice: How police are failing survivors of sexual assault

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by Inga Ting, Nathanael Scott and Alex Palmer

Updated 29 Jan 2020, 11:11am

Published 28 Jan 2020, 5:05am

Excerpt

More than 140,000 sexual assaults were reported to Australian police in the 10 years to 2017. Police rejected nearly 12,000 reports on the basis that they do not believe a sexual assault occurred.

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