The criminal justice system is dynamic and has evolved rapidly since the work of Cesare Beccaria and Cesare Lombroso during the Enlightenment period, which is reflected in the question of intersectionality with the changing approaches taken towards gender concepts. , race and class. Sexual assault will be a predominant study used throughout the essay to examine the different approaches and issues between traditional and non-traditional justice. This essay will first establish where these intersectionalities are found in terms of sexual assault cases and the challenges victims face in the legal process with traditional approaches, then will be followed by a comparison with the transition to a system of non-traditional alternative justice who responded with a deeper insight into restorative justices and their effects on resolving these challenges. The role of alternative justice and the key challenges of disproportionate crime are also important aspects of intersectionality in Australia, as they aim to address the challenges that women and people with intellectual disabilities face when being treated in the courts of the criminal justice system. Gender predominates in the criminal justice system. and sexual assault illustrate the contrast seen between traditional and non-traditional justice systems used over time. Sexual assault poses a social threat to all aspects of the community, spreading insecurity among 43,400 victims across Australia and 13,300 victims in New South Wales alone, as noted in the recent report on Criminal victimization from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. (ABS 2011, p. 40) There has also been an increase in sexual assault of 51% since 1995, averaging 4% each year. (ABS 2010) Another major problem within the boundaries of sexual assault is that it is a...... middle of paper...... the root causes of sexual assault. Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, [Online]. Available at: http://www.ccasa.org/documents/Root_Causes_Short_Descriptions.pdf, [Accessed 14 April 2011].• Prenzler, T. 1995. Equal employment opportunity and female police officers in Australia . Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 28/3, 258-77.• Strang, H. 2002. Reparations or revenge: victims and restorative justice. Clarendon Press, Oxford. • Taylor, N. 2007. “Juror Attitudes and Biases in Sexual Assault Cases,” Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 344. Australian Institute of Criminology. • Taylor, N and Joudo, J. 2005. “The impact of pre-recorded video and closed-circuit television testimony by adult complainants of sexual assault on jury decision-making: a study experimental”, Research and Public Policy Series, No. 68, Australian Institute of Criminology.