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‘Settle down’, ‘do your own swabs’: how alleged rape victims are treated in Queensland revealed in major report

Prosecutors dropped cases because survivors ‘didn’t act how a rape victim should’, Australian Institute of Criminology review of 19,000 sexual assault cases finds Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Queensland police put sexual assault investigations “on the backburner” because detectives were overworked and under pressure to prioritise cases linked to political issues…

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    ‘Settle down’, ‘do your own swabs’: how alleged rape victims are treated in Queensland revealed in major report (opens The Guardian in a new tab)

    Prosecutors dropped cases because survivors ‘didn’t act how a rape victim should’, Australian Institute of Criminology review of 19,000 sexual assault cases finds Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Queensland police put sexual assault…

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