Child sexual abuse
Journal article
Friends and safeguarding: young people's views about safety and to whom they would share safety concerns
If children and young people feel at risk of sexual abuse, who would they share their concerns with? The answer depends on who makes them feel unsafe.
Report
The prevalence and impact of child maltreatment in Australia: findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study
The Australian Child Maltreatment Study randomly surveyed 8503 randomly selected Australians (aged 16-65+). The researchers then generated the first, nationally representative rates of all five types of child maltreatment (physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and exposure to domestic violence) and their associated outcomes in Australia. The findings underscore the moral and economic imperative...
Report
How to implement online warnings to prevent the use of child sexual abuse material
Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offending is a challenge for law enforcement, policy-makers and child welfare organisations alike. To address this, the authors of this report use a case study to analyse the actions individuals and organisations within the technology, government, non-government and private sectors could take to implement warning messages.
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Advancing child sexual abuse investigations using biometrics and social network analysis
This paper demonstrates how biometric features can be extracted from people in child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and examines using social network analysis to reveal important patterns across seized media files.
Report
Secrecy, control and violence in women's intimate relationships with child sexual abuse material offenders
This paper presents the findings of the first study to examine the crossover between domestic violence, coercive control and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offending in intimate relationships.