Insights into sexual assault perpetration : giving voice to victim/survivors' knowledge Haley Clark and Antonia Quadara
By: Clark, Haley
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Contributor(s): Quadara, Antonia.
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BookPublisher: Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2010Description: xii, 68 pages ; 30 cm; electronic document (83 pages) ; PDF file 1.45 MB; available in HTML.ISBN: 978-1-921414-63-3.ISSN: 1447-1469 (Print); 1477-1477 (Online).Subject(s): PERPETRATORS | VICTIMS OF CRIMES | AUSTRALIA | SEXUAL VIOLENCEDDC classification: 364.153 CLA Online resources: Click here to access online | Access thewebsite Summary: "
The Giving Voice project adds to our understandings of sexual offending by asking victim/survivors how the sexual assault(s) they experienced happened; what factors they thought facilitated it; and what strategies, behaviours and tactics perpetrators used to offend against them. Building the evidence on how sexual assault occurs, and particularly the strategies used by men to perpetrate, can assist in the development of prevention initiatives.
This research sheds light on how interpersonal, situational and social contexts can overlap when a sexual assault occurs and how individual men control, manipulate or exploit the opportunities afforded by these overlapping contexts.
Most significantly, this research revealed the very ordinary situations in which sexual assault occurs - and the often very ordinary, trusted and familiar men who perpetrate it. Public debate about sexual assault, particularly following high profile incidents demonstrates a lack of understanding about who perpetrators are and how they offend, with the compulsive, predatory sexual offender imagined as the typical offender. The findings from this project challenge this view and provide an important starting point for public education initiatives about sexual offending." (From the website). Record #5120
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Family Violence library | TRO 364.153 CLA | Available | FV16080023 | |
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The Giving Voice project adds to our understandings of sexual offending by asking victim/survivors how the sexual assault(s) they experienced happened; what factors they thought facilitated it; and what strategies, behaviours and tactics perpetrators used to offend against them. Building the evidence on how sexual assault occurs, and particularly the strategies used by men to perpetrate, can assist in the development of prevention initiatives.
This research sheds light on how interpersonal, situational and social contexts can overlap when a sexual assault occurs and how individual men control, manipulate or exploit the opportunities afforded by these overlapping contexts.
Most significantly, this research revealed the very ordinary situations in which sexual assault occurs - and the often very ordinary, trusted and familiar men who perpetrate it. Public debate about sexual assault, particularly following high profile incidents demonstrates a lack of understanding about who perpetrators are and how they offend, with the compulsive, predatory sexual offender imagined as the typical offender. The findings from this project challenge this view and provide an important starting point for public education initiatives about sexual offending." (From the website). Record #5120
