Human-Rights-Commission-submissions-on-scope-of-inquiry.pdf [pdf, 379 KB]
...involved, and assistance when there are opportunities to be heard.55 45. It is well established that the impact of victimisation is often great and far reaching, and can include physical and psychological injury, as well as financial and social cost.56 Victims of crime are also often subjected to secondary victimization, which refers to “the victimization that occurs not as a direct result of the criminal act but through the response of institutions and individuals to the vict...