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Dr Gemma Hamilton

@DrGemmaHamilton

Senior Lecturer Criminology & Justice Studies @RMIT ARC DECRA, A/Editor: Legal and Criminological Psychology #sexualviolence #investigativeinterviewing she/her

Joined November 2016
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๐ŸŒŸ NEW OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE ๐ŸŒŸ โ€˜๐’๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ง๐Ÿ๐š๐ข๐ซโ€™: ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ-๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌโ€™ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ž bristoluniversitypressdigitaโ€ฆ
โ€˜So fucking unfairโ€™: victim-survivorsโ€™ reflections on justice after reporting sexual violence to...

โ€˜So fucking unfairโ€™: victim-survivorsโ€™ reflections on justice after reporting sexual violence to...

Our study sought to build on the victim-centred justice scholarship by exploring whether victim-survivors felt any sense of justice after reporting sexual violence to police in Australia. Using the...

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๐Ÿ“ข New Open Access Article ๐‘บ๐’†๐’™๐’–๐’‚๐’ ๐‘จ๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’• ๐‘ฝ๐’Š๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž-๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’—๐’๐’“๐’”โ€™ ๐‘ท๐’†๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’‘๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ท๐’๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’Š๐’†๐’˜ ๐‘ป๐’†๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’Š๐’’๐’–๐’†๐’”: ๐‘น๐’†๐’”๐’–๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’‚ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’“๐’—๐’†๐’š ๐‘บ๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’š link.springer.com/article/10โ€ฆ
Sexual Assault Victim-Survivorsโ€™ Perceptions of Police Interview Techniques: Results from a Survey...

Sexual Assault Victim-Survivorsโ€™ Perceptions of Police Interview Techniques: Results from a Survey...

Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology - Victim-survivors of sexual violence frequently describe police interviews as traumatising, yet their input has seldom been sought in the development of...

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๐Ÿ”ˆSEE OUR NEW ARTICLE: โ€œ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐโ€: ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ-๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ
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@dr__gis journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.โ€ฆ

โ€œHorrible, Fantastic, Traumaticโ€: Victim-Survivorsโ€™ Experiences of Police Interviews in Sexual...

This study explored adult victim-survivorsโ€™ experiences of reporting sexual violence to police in Australia, focusing on their suggestions for supporting future...

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Counselling records including notes, transcripts and even audio and video files are ending up in the hands of defendants' legal teams. @DrGemmaHamilton @rachael_burgin @RMIT @Swinburne theconversation.com/rapists-โ€ฆ
Rapistsโ€™ lawyers are using their victim-survivorsโ€™ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop

Rapistsโ€™ lawyers are using their victim-survivorsโ€™ counselling notes in court. This needs to stop

Counselling records including notes, transcripts and even audio and video files are ending up in the hands of defendantsโ€™ legal teams.

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๐Ÿ“ข NEW OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE ๐Ÿ“ข Victim-survivorsโ€™ perceptions of a coordinated police and social services response to recidivist family violence A huge thank you to the victim-survivors who shared their perspectives ๐Ÿ™ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.โ€ฆ #domesticeabuse #familyviolence
Victim-survivorsโ€™ perceptions of a coordinated police and social services response to recidivist...

Victim-survivorsโ€™ perceptions of a coordinated police and social services response to recidivist...

Coordinated police-social service responses involving embedded social workers are a key strategy for addressing recidivist family violence. Through an anonymous...

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๐Ÿ“ข NEW OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE ๐Ÿ“ข Can and should police tell victim-survivors โ€˜I believe youโ€™ during sexual offence investigations? #sexualviolence #sexualassault #investigation #police #victims #survivors tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.โ€ฆ
Can and should police tell victim-survivors โ€˜I believe youโ€™ during sexual offence investigations?

Can and should police tell victim-survivors โ€˜I believe youโ€™ 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-survivorsโ€™ accou...

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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. @DrGemmaHamilton @RMIT theconversation.com/youve-reโ€ฆ
Youโ€™ve reported sexual assault to police. What happens next?

Youโ€™ve reported sexual assault to police. What happens next?

The legal system can be complicated and many victims of sexual violence arenโ€™t sure what to expect from it. Hereโ€™s how it works.

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๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ยกYa estรก disponible la ediciรณn especial bilingรผe en espaรฑol-inglรฉs de nuestra revista acadรฉmica! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Our bilingual Spanish-English special issue of the #iIIRG II-RP journal is now live! linkedin.com/posts/iiirg_iiiโ€ฆ
#iiirg #investigativeinterviewing #iiirg #ii_rp #openaccess #ethicalinterviewing #criminaljustice...

#iiirg #investigativeinterviewing #iiirg #ii_rp #openaccess #ethicalinterviewing #criminaljustice...

๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ ยกYa estรก disponible la ediciรณn especial bilingรผe en espaรฑol-inglรฉs de nuestra revista acadรฉmica! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Our bilingual Spanish-English special issue of the #iIIRG II-RP journal is now live! Weโ€™re...

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๐ŸŸฃFrom latest issue @DrGemmaHamilton #OpenAccess article - the unique cultural context of policing #rape in metropolitan India #SexualViolence doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.3409
Police Responses to Rape in Metropolitan India

ALT Police Responses to Rape in Metropolitan India

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๐Ÿ”Šย Join us for a powerful lived experience panel on police interviews in sexual offence cases. ๐Ÿ“…ย Date:ย Thursday, 14 August 2025 ๐Ÿ•“ย Time:ย 6:00 PM (AEST) | 9:00 AM (UK) | 10:00 AM (CET) ๐Ÿ“ย Online Webinar ๐Ÿ”— Register here: lnkd.in/gcq3FG7W
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๐Ÿ”ฅ New article by Prof Dave Walsh and colleagues! How do we stop torture, false confessions & injustice in police interviews? A global coalition is taking action. Hereโ€™s what you need to know about the Mรฉndez Principles & #ImpleMรฉndez #HumanRights #InvestigativeInterviewing
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intouch@inTouchMCAFV27 Jun 2025
The new NOOR Survivor-Advocate platform is live! Created by migrant women with lived experience of #FamilyViolence, itโ€™s a space for insight, advocacy and change. Explore here: intouch.org.au/noor-survivorโ€ฆ

NOOR Survivor-Advocates - inTouch

NOOR Family Violence Survivor-Advocates are culturally and linguistically diverse victim-survivors who influence policy, service provisions and media reporting with lived experience.

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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/fโ€ฆ
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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/fโ€ฆ
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The deadline for the special bilingual issue is fast approaching (31st May 2025)!! Submit your manuscript here: iiirg.org/ii-rp-journal/ii-rโ€ฆ
II-RP JOURNAL SUBMISSION - IIIRG - International Investigative Interviewing Research Group

II-RP JOURNAL SUBMISSION - IIIRG - International Investigative Interviewing Research Group

Submission Guidelines Journal Submission

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๐Ÿ“ข New OPEN ACCESS Publication: Victim-Survivorsโ€™ 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 study tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.โ€ฆ
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