AIC research examines image-based sexual abuse in Australia

Link to: Characteristics of image-based sexual abuse recorded by police

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a new report on image-based sexual abuse using 2022–23 data from the Australian Sexual Offence Statistical collection.

The report describes the findings of an analysis of 771 individuals proceeded against by police for image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) offences in New South Wales, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory in 2022–23.
The analysis found that alleged offenders were most commonly male, aged in their mid-20s to early 30s and had IBSA offences involving female victims.
Alleged offenders were most commonly proceeded against for offences involving IBSA distributing offences (51%, n=391), followed by threatening offences (32%, n=249) and capturing offences (30%, n=228).

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AIC research examines homicide of parents by their children

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AIC research examines homicide of parents by their children

Link to: Parricide in Australia: Findings from the National Homicide Monitoring Program

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released a report from the National Homicide Monitoring Program on parricide (the homicide of a parent). Data from this report show that:

There were 429 incidents of parricide in Australia over a 35-year period from 1989–90, comprising five percent of all homicide incidents and 12 percent of domestic homicide incidents.
Male and female victimisation from parricide was relatively even (54% (n=246) vs 46% (n=212)) but mothers tended be older than fathers at the time of the homicide. Almost half of mothers were aged 55 to 74 years (47%, n=99) compared with half of fathers aged 45–64 years (54%, n=133).
Offender age was associated with the gender of the parent killed—younger sons and daughters were more likely to have killed their father and older sons and daughters to have killed their mother.
Almost one in five offenders (16%, n=67) were ‘apparently delusional’ when they committed the parricide.

Read the AIC media release.