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ABSTRACT
The damage done to children who are subjected to sexual abuse and the often lengthy delays in the resolution of these matters by the child welfare and legal systems is well documented. With this in mind, the Children's Court in Victoria established for 12 months in 2013 a pilot specialised judicial list (the “D” List) as an intensive case-management approach to more effectively respond to child sexual abuse concerns. The evaluation of the pilot aimed both to review the effectiveness of the list in terms of court functioning, and to provide information about the nature of such cases coming to court, the ages and family circumstances of subject children, decisions made and factors associated with these decisions, and the challenges related to management of and decision-making about such cases. The success of the specialist list has seen it extended to regional courts, because it is a more effective approach to managing and deciding this complex class of cases.
关于儿童因遭遇性侵并因儿童福利及法律体系反应迟钝所带来的伤害，已经有不少研究。维多利亚的儿童法庭在2013年的12个月里设置 一个专门化的导航司法清单，加强个案管理，以更有效地应对儿童的性侵问题。对该导航清单的评估，旨在了解清单在法庭运行方面是否有效，并提供有关案例性质、儿童年龄及家庭环境、决策以及与决策相关的因素、与此类案例相关的管理和决策等等诸多因素。该清单目前已被推广到地区法院，因为它是管理并确认这类复杂案例的有效方式。