Victim of crime or concerns about safety

This includes when you’ve recently been a victim of crime, or are now traumatised by a crime that occurred in the past or have concerns about your safety that are affecting your ability to complete an assessment.

If you’re a victim of crime or have concerns about your safety, you need to provide one of these supporting documents. We can’t accept a Notice of Victim email.

Supporting documents should be on official letterhead, signed and dated.

Acceptable supporting evidence:

  • Police report
    • The police will determine the content of this report (i.e., this is the preferred supporting document if you’ve been a victim of crime.). If it doesn’t give enough detail to indicate how your circumstances have prevented you from completing your assessment on or before the set date, you’ll need to provide this information in an impact statement as part of your application.
    • In some cases, you may need to provide a statutory declaration (or equivalent) explaining in more detail the impact of the crime on your studies.
  • Practitioner certificate
    • In this certificate, a practitioner (e.g. social worker, counsellor or lawyer) registered with a relevant professional body must state that circumstances beyond your control have prevented you from completing your assessment on or before the set date. They don’t need to give details about your trauma, but they must say when you’ve been affected by this and for how long.
  • Safer Community Unit letter
    • In a letter, the Monash Safer Community Unit addresses a crime that has occurred on campus. They must state that circumstances beyond your control prevented you from completing your assessment on or before the set date. They don’t need to give details about the crime, but they must say when you’ve been affected by this and for how long.
  • Court letter or document
    • The court will determine the content of this letter or document, but it must include the date or dates on which the crime took place. If it doesn’t give enough detail to indicate how your circumstances have prevented you from completing your assessment on or before the set date, you’ll need to provide this information in an impact statement as part of your application form.
    • In some cases, you’ll need to also provide a statutory declaration (or equivalent) explaining in more detail the impact of the crime on your studies.
    • If you need help getting court documents, contact the court registrar in your jurisdiction.
  • Statutory declaration (or equivalent)
    • A statutory declaration is a written statement that you (the declarant) sign and declare to be true and correct in the presence of an authorised witness. In the statutory declaration, you should declare and explain your specific circumstances and how they have affected your studies and your ability to complete your assessment on or before its set date. You must also state when you’ve been affected, and for how long.
    • A statutory declaration (or equivalent) must be signed and declared to be true and correct in the presence of an authorised witness. By signing it, you agree that the information in it is true. You can be charged with a criminal offence if the information is false.
    • To find out more about statutory declaration, including step-by-step instructions for obtaining a statutory declaration and details about who is authorised to witness it, visit the Victoria State Government web page.
  • Letter of support issued by a community leader or organisation
    • A letter of support from a community leader or organisation to verify the circumstances and impact on the ability of the student to complete the assessment as scheduled. The letter should outline the reasons students are concerned about their safety on campus and the impact of the circumstances on the student’s ability to complete their assessment.