‘Loss of faith in police’: Indigenous victims of crime fear not being believed, Victorian study finds

A Victorian study has found most Aboriginal victims of crime had either never reported a crime to police or would not do so again, due to fear of not being believed. Photograph: Rome Lifestyle/Alamy

A sexual assault victim sits outside a police station, wanting to make a report but too scared to go inside. At another, a victim of family violence is told there’s not enough evidence to file for an intervention order.

There’s the car-jacking victim who avoids public transport, and even walking to the shop, because the police haven’t caught the attacker – and doubt they ever will.