Katrina Marson, a senior prosecutor in the sexual offences unit at the ACT Department of Public Prosecutions, says better sex education will help prevent crimes before they occur.

In her new book Legitimate Sexpectations, Marson relays how the Netherlands is the world leader in what education should include, saying it is incorporated into the curriculum early and involved learning how to recognise certain feelings and how to respond to them.

"There are a lot of jurisdictions here doing this right... but what we don't have in Australia is the consistency that we have seen overseas," she told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings.

"But of the places I visited, the Netherlands and Germany are really instructive examples, because of the way they have built it into their education and health infrastructure."

Katrina Marson, a senior prosecutor in the sexual offences unit at the ACT Department of Public Prosecutions, says better sex education will help prevent crimes before they occur.
In her new book Legitimate Sexpectations, Marson relays how the Netherlands is the world leader in what education should include, saying it is incorporated into the curriculum early and involved learning how to recognise certain feelings and how to respond to them.
"There are a lot of jurisdictions here doing this right... but what we don't have in Australia is the consistency that we have seen overseas," she told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings.
"But of the places I visited, the Netherlands and Germany are really instructive examples, because of the way they have built it into their education and health infrastructure."

Liam Bartlett will keep you up to date with all the latest breaking stories and issues on 6PR Mornings.

Liam Bartlett will keep you up to date with all the latest breaking stories and issues on 6PR Mornings.

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