Professor S. Caroline Taylor AM is recognized as one of Australia's leading experts and consultants in the field of child and adult sexual violence and domestic violence and the criminal justice response to victims/survivors and social models of trauma and recovery.
Caroline has considerable experience as an academic researcher, educator, trainer, and change agent who operates effectively and dynamically in sensitive and complex environments and organizations. She has received distinguished meritorious awards for her research and contribution to academia and professions such as police and the wider community.
She has applied innovative methodologies to draw out and elucidate a deeply nuanced and critical understanding of sexual violence and its interface with socio-legal structures that have influenced proactive law reform in Australia. She has been a Visiting Academic at Kings College, London (2011) and is an academic advisor to Interpol’s Specialist Group on Crimes Against Children.
She has undertaken several international benchmarking trips to examine all aspects of the criminal justice system and welfare/advocacy service responses to child and adult victims of sexual violence.
In 2002, she was appointed to the Advisory Committee for the Victorian Law Reform Commission's Inquiry into Sexual Offences Law and Procedure (2002-2004). The commission drew heavily on her research work to inform its Interim and Final Reports and to support the 201 recommendations for law reform.
In 2004, Caroline founded the Professor Caroline Taylor Foundation to provide education and training scholarships and mentors for children, adolescents, and adults affected by childhood sexual abuse.
"It’s time for politicians and leaders to be brave so that they can deliver enhanced and improved agendas and ensure legal reform that is so critically needed. This issue is crushed by the weight of silence - not words - and through Brave it is my obligation to fill that silence and advocate for every child. I’m armed with a voice and I'm not going to keep quiet, I know too much to walk away from this issue to live peacefully. I want survivors everywhere to know that we can be affected by what was done to us but we are not determined by it. And that life can be made beautiful regardless of where we are made to start from."
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