Sexual assault and violence publications

• Australian research:
• 2008
• 2007
• 2006
• 2005
• 2004
• 2003 and earlier;
• Overseas and international research

Australian research

2008

• Raped by a partner : a research report
  Women's Health Goulburn North East, Wangaratta, Vic : Women's Health Goulburn North East. 2008
• Getting the story from children : good practice in forensic interviews
  Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008
• Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry : allegations of sexual abuse and death from criminal conduct
  E P Mullighan, Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry. 2008
• Inquiry into the prosecution of assaults and sexual offences (PDF 2.1MB)
  Community Development and Justice Standing Committee, Parliament of Western Australia. 2008
• Sex offender treatment programs : effectiveness of prison and community based programs in Australia and New Zealand (PDF 155kB)
  Sarah Macgregor, Indigenous justice clearinghouse. 2008
• Sexual assault against men
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2008

2007

• Acquittals in the higher courts
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Adult sexual violence in Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia
  Natalie Taylor and Judy Putt, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Is notification of sex offenders in local communities effective?
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Juror attitudes and biases in sexual assault cases
  Natalie Taylor, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Pilot study on sexual assault and related offences in the ACT : stage 3
  Maria Borzycki, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007
• Violence in Indigenous communities
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2007

2006

• Community perceptions of domestic violence
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2006
• An investigation into the effective and ethical interviewing of suspected sex offenders
  Mark Kebbell, Emily Hurren and Paul Mazerolle, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2006
• Study of reported rapes in Victoria 2000-2003 : summary research report (PDF 447kB)
  Statewide Steering Committee to Reduce Sexual Assault, 2006
• Two steps forward, one step back : community attitudes to violence against women
  VicHealth. 2006
• Violence experienced by men and women
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2006

2005

• The impact of pre-recorded video and closed circuit television testimony by adult sexual assault complainants on jury decision-making
  Natalie Taylor and Jacqueline Joudo, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2005
• The importance of victim credibility in prosecuting adult sexual assault cases
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2005
• No longer silent : a study of women's help-seeking decisions and service responses to sexual assault
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2005
• Prosecutorial decisions in adult sexual assault cases
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2005
• Trends in recorded sexual assault
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2005

2004

• Assessment of the risk of reoffending by Indigenous male violent and sexual offenders
  Alfred Allan and Deborah Dawson, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Childhood victimisation as indicators of adult victimisation
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Measuring violence against women : a review of the literature and statistics
  Janet Phillips and Malcolm Park. Australian Parliamentary Library, 2004
• National project on drink spiking : investigating the nature and extent of drink spiking in Australia
  Natalie Taylor, Jeremy Prichard and Kate Charlton, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Prosecutorial decisions in adult sexual assault cases : an Australian study
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Recidivism of sexual offenders
  Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Recidivism of sexual offenders : rates, risk factors and treatment efficacy
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Victim credibility in adult sexual assault cases
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004
• Women's experiences of male violence : findings from the Australian component of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS)
  Jenny Mouzos and Toni Makkai, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2004

2003 and earlier

• Intimate partner sexual assault : the impact of competing demands on victims' decisions to seek criminal justice solutions
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2003
• Non-reporting and hidden recording of sexual assault : an international literature review
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2003
• Sexual violence in Australia
  Bree Cook, Fiona David and Anna Grant, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2001
• Non-reporting and hidden recordings of sexual assault in Australia
  Denise Lievore, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2002
• Eliminating sexual violence against women : towards a global initiative (PDF 135kB)
  Linda Rae Bennett and Lenore Manderson, Parkville, University of Melbourne. 2000
• The historical development of treatment for adolescent sex offenders
  Anna Grant, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2000
• Date rape : a hidden crime
  Laura Russo, Australian Institute of Criminology. 2000
• Without consent : confronting adult sexual violence : proceedings of a conference held 27-29 October 1992
  Patricia Weiser Easteal, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1993
• Rape
  Patricia Weiser Easteal, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1992
• Sex industry and public policy : proceedings of a conference held 6-8 May 1991
  Sally-Anne Gerull and Boronia Halstead, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1992
• Working girls : prostitutes, their life and social control
  Roberta Perkins, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1991
• Prostitution laws in Australia
  Susan Pinto, Anita Scandia and Paul Wilson, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1990
• Sexually explicit and violent media material : research and policy implications
  Paul Wilson and Stephen Nugent, Australian Institute of Criminology. 1987

Overseas and international research

• The uses and impacts of medico-legal evidence in sexual assault cases : a global review (PDF 732kB)
  Janice Du Mont and Deborah White, World Health Organization. 2007
• Extent, nature and consequences of rape victimization : findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (PDF 2.22MB)
  Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes. US Department of Justice, 2006
• Rape and sexual assault of women : the extent and nature of the problem. Findings from the British Crime Survey (PDF 324kB)
  Andy Myhill and Jonathan Allen. UK Home Office, 2002