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Improving accessibility of the legal system for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims/survivors of family violence and sexual assault.

FVPLS Victoria, Susan
June 4, 2015

Source: (2010) Policy paper series June 2010. Collingwood, VIC: Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria.

Each section of this paper focuses on areas of primary concern to FVPLS Victoria and its clients. Section 7 briefly considers restorative justice — FVPLS Vicotria urges caution in proceeding with restorative justice approaches to crime of family violence and sexual assault. (excerpt)

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