Dr Gemma Hamilton

Can and should police tell victim-survivors ‘I believe you’ during sexual offence investigations? It is well-established that victim-survivors value feeling believed when they report sexual violence, yet there is often confusion about whether police can express belief in victim-survivors’ accou...

📢 NEW OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE 📢

Can and should police tell victim-survivors ‘I believe you’ during sexual offence investigations?

#sexualviolence #sexualassault #investigation #police #victims #survivors

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

You’ve reported sexual assault to police. What happens next?

The legal system can be complicated and many victims of sexual violence aren’t sure what to expect from it. Here’s how it works.

#iiirg #investigativeinterviewing #iiirg #ii_rp #openaccess #ethicalinterviewing #criminaljustice #entrevistainvestigativa #accesoabierto | International Investigative Interviewing Research Group (iII... 🇪🇸 ¡Ya está disponible la edición especial bilingüe en español-inglés de nuestra revista académica! 🇬🇧 Our bilingual Spanish-English special issue of the #iIIRG II-RP journal is now live! We’re thril...

🇪🇸 ¡Ya está disponible la edición especial bilingüe en español-inglés de nuestra revista académica!

🇬🇧 Our bilingual Spanish-English special issue of the #iIIRG II-RP journal is now live!

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🟣From latest issue
#OpenAccess article - the unique cultural context of policing #rape in metropolitan India #SexualViolence @drgemmahamilton.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5204/ijcj...

Fascinating panel today on inter-species #familyviolence at RMIT. Great to hear perspectives from lived experience, SafeSteps, RSPCA and Lucy’s project.

Thank you @sarahthefirth.bsky.social for the incredible graphic illustration! And amazing job hosting @ylaingylaing.bsky.social

🔊 Join us for a powerful lived experience panel on police interviews in sexual offence cases.

📅 Date: Thursday, 14 August 2025
🕓 Time: 6:00 PM (AEST) | 9:00 AM (UK) | 10:00 AM (CET)
📍 Online Webinar
🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/gcq3FG7W

Featuring an amazing lineup of guest speakers, this panel will explore lived expertise, animal welfare, and industry perspectives on the intersection of gender and species based violence. We hope to see you there!

Family Violence Involving Inter-Species Families: A Panel Event A panel event hosted by RMIT University's Social Equity Research Centre and the Graduate Certificate of Family and Domestic Violence.

RMIT's Gender & Social Change Theme is keen to invite you to a public event:

Family Violence Involving Inter-Species Families: A Panel Event 🐶 🐱

🕐 Thursday 21st August 3-4:30pm
🏢 Kaleide Theatre, RMIT University (Melbourne, City Campus)

www.eventbrite.com.au/e/family-vio...

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:

rmit.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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:

rmit.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Many thanks Hayley! I hope it might be helpful for your students 🙂

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📢 New OPEN ACCESS Publication 📢

Victim-Survivors’ Perceptions of a Cognitive Interview Protocol for Sexual Offence Investigations

A massive thank you to the victim-survivor participants who generously volunteered their time and vital insights to this research 🙏 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If there's one thing that domestic violence research has taught me, it's that abusers set up no-win scenarios. They punish you whether you cooperate with them or whether you push back.

The only way out is to strengthen ties with people outside of the relationship who can create new, better options.

Gender and Justice "Gender and Justice" published on by Bristol University Press.

We’re so pleased our first issue live in time for International Women’s Day! Our 1 issue features critical feminist scholarship on justice (it’s free to access!)
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#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence (ALRC Report 143) The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) report, Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence (ALRC Report 143), was tabled in Parliament by the Attorney-General of Aus...

The latest ALRC report has been tabled in parliament:

Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence (ALRC Report 143)

www.alrc.gov.au/publication/...

Thanks Mel 🙂🙂

Diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace are under attack. Here’s why they matter more than ever

More must be done to bolster fairness in Australian workplaces as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion measures come under attack from the likes of Donald Trump.

The ARC Funded Policing Australian Popular Music project is seeking a PhD researcher to be based at the University of Sydney. While the successful candidate will be part of the project team, you will get to develop your own discrete related project.

www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

👀 See our latest article in The Conversation about the importance of equitable workplace initiatives in Australia!

II-RP JOURNAL NEW - IIIRG - International Investigative Interviewing Research Group II-RP JOURNAL INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING:RESEARCH & PRACTICE II:RP (Investigative Interviewing: Research & Practice) is a free, open access publication and the official journal of the International In...

Call for papers!!

FIRST BILINGUAL SPECIAL ISSUE OF INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWING: RESEARCH & PRACTICE!!

Submission deadline: 31st May 2025

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“For Sustained Change, We Need Everyone on Board”: Australian Outsourced Provider Perspectives on Relationships and Sexuality Education for Young People (1) Schools often rely on outsourced providers to deliver relationships and sexuality education (RSE) to young people. However, there is limited research that has focused on outsourced provider practi...

🎉 New Publication 🎉

“For Sustained Change, We Need Everyone on Board”: Australian Outsourced Provider Perspectives on Relationships and Sexuality Education for Young People

Published in Youth with the amazing co-authors: Dr. Sarah Vrankovitch & Prof. Anastasia Powell

www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/...

‘Rape is effectively decriminalised’: how did sexual assault become so easy to get away with? Few alleged offenders are found guilty. Many victims are retraumatised. What is getting in the way of the Australian criminal courts providing justice to sexual assault survivors?

Proud to share a story that’s been almost six months in the making, the first in a new series from @australia.theguardian.com exploring the ways our criminal justice system fails victim-survivors of sexual violence and often retraumatises them in the process: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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It's new publication day x 2 for @drsophiehindes.bsky.social Jess Ison and me! We reviewed and critically evaluated the literature on LGBTQ+ sexual violence. Article 1 looks at prevalence rates and perpetration of SV for LGBTQ+ people:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📢 New pubs!

Thrilled to share our two papers in Trauma, Violence & Abuse. We scoped the field of LGBTQ+ adult sexual violence research, analysing what's known & how the field can improve LGBTQ+ inclusion. Open access—links in comments!

Authored with @snappyalligator.bsky.social & Jess Ison

Amazing! Great work everyone 👏👏👏

The ALRC submitted the Final Report for the Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus KC MP yesterday.

The report and its recommendations for reform will be public after it is tabled in Parliament, no later than 15 sitting days after submission.

I’d love to join thanks 🙂

Thanks so much Sophie 🙂🙂

Immensely grateful to the victim-survivor and service provider participants for their time and insights