Sexual Assault by Male Partners : a Study of Sentencing Factors

Patricia Easteal; Miriam Gani

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Sexual Assault by Male Partners : a Study of Sentencing Factors

Patricia Easteal, Miriam Gani

Canberra Law School

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Sentencing decisions relating to partner sexual assault in Australian jurisdictions over the past twenty years - appellate courts increasingly disinclined to name the relationship as a mitigator - violation of trust seldom recognised as an aggravator - lack of knowledge about the seriousness of the crime evident from light sentences imposed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-72
Number of pages	34
Journal	Southern Cross University Law Journal
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/agis_archive.20054519
Publication status	Published - 2005

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