why the legal language of child abuse needs to change
- Written by: Elizabeth Dallaston, PhD Candidate/Sessional Academic, Queensland University of Technology
ShutterstockThe ACT government has announced plans to change the name of the criminal offence of engaging in a “sexual relationship with child or young person under special care” to “persistent sexual abuse of child or young person under special care”.
ACT Attorney-General Shane Rattenbury explained this change was inspired...
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