Publications and Resources

In the Media

ABC Illawarra Interview

One of our chief investigators, Dr Rachel Loney-Howes, chats with Jake Cupitt from ABC Illawarra about the upcoming ALCR inquiry into sexual violence laws and criminal justice system responses. This aired on ABC Illawarra on January 31^st, 2024.

Macpherson, G.E., (2023) Sexual assault victim-survivors want reporting options away from police, The Australian, 8 December.

Donovan, S., (2023) 1800-RESPECT text line launched, The World Today ABC News Radio, 8 December.

‘Sexual assault survivors deserve a gold standard reporting experience’, The National Tribune, 29 November 2023

Mayhew, K., (2023) World-first research reveals alternative reporting options can help survivors of sexual assault, The University of Wollongong, 28 November.

Heydon, G., Henry, N., Loney-Howes, R. & O’Neill, T. (2021) Sexual assault: what can you do if you don’t want to make a formal report to police? The Conversation

Sakkal, P. (2021) Surge in sexual assault reports but hundreds may remain hidden. The Age.

ABC NSW Interview

One of our chief investigators Dr Rachel Loney-Howes talks to Anna Moulder about the current processes of formal and informal reporting which are currently available to victim/survivors, and what a best-practice alternative reporting model might look like. This aired on ABC NSW Drive on 4th March 2021.

Reports/Submissions

Heydon, G., Henry, N., Loney-Howes, R. & Hindes, S. (2023) Alternative reporting options
for sexual assault: Investigating their use, purpose and potential. Report to the Criminology
Research Advisory Council, Australian Institute of Criminology.

Chan, A., Bytheway, Z., Oldfield, J.C., Loney-Howes, R., Heydon, G. (2023) Overwhelmed and frustrated: Experiences of workplace sexual harassment and discrimination; The barriers faced with the legal system. JobWatch.

Heydon, G., Henry, N., Loney-Howes, R., O’Neill, T. & Hindes, S. (2021) Submission to the Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces.

Heydon, G., Henry, N., Loney-Howes, R., O’Neill, T & Hindes, S. (2021) Submission to the Victorian Government Taskforce on Workplace Sexual Harassment.

Academic Publications

Hindes, S., Heydon, G., & Loney-Howes, R. (2025). Police perceptions of using alternative and anonymous reports of sexual assault to improve responses to sexual offending. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 1-14.

Heydon, G., Henry, N., Loney-Howes, R. & Hindes, S. (2023) Alternative reporting options for sexual assault: Perspectives of victim-survivors. Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, (678) Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology.

Loney-Howes, R., Heydon, G., and O’Neill, T. (2021) Connecting survivors to therapeutic support and criminal justice through informal reporting options: an analysis of sexual violence reports made to a digital reporting tool in Australia. Current Issues in Criminal Justice. Online First.

Heydon, G. & Powell, A. (2016) Written-response interview protocols: an innovative approach to confidential reporting and victim interviewing in sexual assault investigations. Policing and Society, 28(6): 631-646