Child Sexual Abuse Reported by Adult Survivors

Sinéad Ring is Assistant Professor at the School of Law and Criminology, Maynooth University where she teaches courses on crime, evidence, gender and sexuality and law, and state responses to historical gendered violence. She has published widely on sexual violence and the law, with a particular focus on the legal issues relating to non-recent child sexual abuse. Kate Gleeson is Associate Professor of Law at Macquarie University and Chair of Full Stop Australia, which aims to put a full stop to sexual, domestic and family violence. Kim Stevenson is Emeritus Professor of Law, Crime and History in the School of Society and Culture at the University of Plymouth. She has published widely on aspects of the criminal law with specialist expertise in the contemporary and historical contexts of the legal regulation and criminalization of sexual behaviour and offending. She is Lead General Editor Routledge SOLON Explorations in Crime and Criminal Justice Histories and Co Founder SOLON Promoting Interdisciplinary Studies in Law, Crime and History.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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1. INTRODUCTION

PART I: THE PROBLEM OF NON-RECENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

2. ‘The ‘Discovery’ of Non-Recent Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia.

3. The Evolution of Legal and Policy Frameworks around Child Sex Offences in England and Wales.

4. The Evolution of Legal and Policy Frameworks around Child Sex Offences in Ireland.

5. The Evolution of Legal and Policy Frameworks around Child Sex Offences in Australia.

PART II LEGAL RESPONSES TO NON-RECENT CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE

6. Introduction to Part II: Legal Responses to Non-Recent Child Sexual Abuse

7. Criminal Trials

8. Tort Law: Statutes of Limitations

9. Tort Law: Organisational Liability

10. Public Inquiries

11. State Reparations

12. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX

INDEX