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Sexual Offences Against Young People: Tasmania Law Reform Institute Final Report No 18

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posted on 2023-05-25, 02:51 authored by Catherine WarnerCatherine Warner, Helen CockburnHelen Cockburn, Shirley, P, Rudolf, J
This project arose out of a Tasmanian case in which a twelve-year-old girl was prostituted by her mother and her mother’s male friend. The fact that only one of the girl’s clients was prosecuted gave rise to controversy and criticism of both the Director of Public Prosecution’s decision not to prosecute and the law relating to the crime of sexual intercourse with a young person. The Attorney- General responded to criticisms of the law by referring to the Institute (by letter dated 30 September 2010) a review of the defence of mistake as to age for the crime of sexual intercourse with a young person, together with any other legal issues raised by the case. The Issues Paper (IP 17) was published in May 2012 with a call for submissions by 29 June. Twenty responses were received to the IP. The questions raised by the IP were explained in presentations to a Legal Studies Professional Development Forum on 28 May and at a Law Society Criminal Law Conference on 22 June. In addition a consultation meeting was held with Sexual Assault Services, Hobart on 26 September.

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Commissioning body

Tasmanian Attorney-General's Department

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October

Pagination

94

Department/School

Faculty of Law

Publisher

Tasmanian Attorney-General's Department

Place of publication

Hobart, Tasmania

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Copyright 2012 Tasmania Law Reform Institute

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Criminal justice

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