A study of almost 700 perpetrators from across the world sheds light on why some men sexually abuse children.
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A survey of 50 different sports nationally found urgent reforms are needed to keep kids who play sport safe. So what can be done?
Speaking to women who have been convicted of child sexual abuse may help us work out what could have stopped the abuse in the first place.
Japan’s warning wasn’t triggered by a government audit or diplomatic scandal. It came because a citizen saw concerning social media posts and decided to act.
We must recognise that while men make up only a small proportion of childcare workers, they are responsible for the majority of child sexual abuse cases within them.
South Australia has announced tougher child sex offence laws. Is it a political move or will they actually help?
There is no simple solution in the fight against online child sexual abuse but modern technology may be able to play a part.
New research appears to have uncovered a large concentration of young women engaging in harmful online sexual behaviours.
The series tries to tackle the twisted case of the Menéndez brothers who murdered their parents, but it ends up turning a family tragedy into a cheap spectacle.
A new study contradicts the notion that people who are sexually attracted to children and are willing to act on it are social outcasts and statistical outliers.
The platform formerly known as Twitter faces a A$610,500 penalty from the eSafety Commissioner.
Loud Sky, at Newcastle’s The Lock-Up, brings together new commissions and community artworks to explore institutional abuse by the Catholic Church.
The Chrisland Schools incident shows how the media allows males to get away with actions that females cannot.
A new study shows the impacts of child sex abuse material on the families of offenders - who are described as ‘secondary victims’.
One study found 80% of darknet traffic on Tor went to sites hosting unmoderated porn and child sex abuse material.
Child sexual abuse and child sex trafficking are serious problems. Misinformation is harming efforts to combat them.
There are new calls for an inquiry into the suicide of whistleblower priest Glen Walsh. The Catholic church argues the events are ‘historical’ and have been addressed by previous inquiries.
New research has found child sex abuse survivors are far more likely to be the victims of a range of crimes as adults. The reasons why – and who is most vulnerable – are complex.
A first-of-its-kind study in Australia is looking at ways to support sex offenders to restart their lives after prison. Research shows this can reduce recidivism by 88%.
Pell said after his acquittal he would ‘be very surprised if there’s any bad findings’ in the redacted portions of the royal commission report. This is not the case.
Top contributors
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Co-leader, Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), Senior Lecturer in Criminology & Justice, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor, Criminology & Justice, Co-leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit (SVRPU), School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor of Domestic and Family Violence, Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Justice & Co-Leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Criminology, UNSW
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Distinguished Professor, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior research fellow, UNSW
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Professor of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Brunel University of London
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Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University
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Reader in Sport and Leisure and Studies, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate Professor Social Sciences, Gender& Sexualities, Bournemouth University
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Professor, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
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Director of POCHE Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland