Australia: Data reveals only 14 per cent of child sexual abuse claims before Family Court believed to be true by judges
ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) – August 09, 2021
Legal experts have raised concerns abused children could be slipping through the cracks of Family Court proceedings, after the release of new data. A group of researchers reviewed seven years’ worth of relevant cases — from 2012 to 2019 — and found that in only 14 per cent of contested cases, judicial officers expressed a direct belief that allegations of child abuse were true. Researchers have released the findings in a bid to prompt a discussion around whether or not Australia’s legal system is equipped to deal with these types of allegations.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-09/child-abuse-family-court-findings-statistics/100355902