Survey Data on Sexual Assault Perpetration Strategies from Victim/Survivor Perspectives

Haley Clark's project examines sexual offending by asking victim/survivors about the circumstances, facilitating factors, and perpetrator strategies. National victimisation surveys in Australia estimate around one in six women experience sexual assault from age 15. The research aims to build evidence for prevention initiatives by focusing on knowledge from victim/survivors, addressing a gap in literature about undetected offenders and situational circumstances.

Use Cases

• Analyzing perpetrator strategies and tactics based on victim/survivor accounts
• Identifying situational factors that facilitate or inhibit sexual assault
• Researching the contexts of trust and familiarity in sexual offending
• Developing prevention initiatives based on victim/survivor knowledge

Strengths

• Focuses on victim/survivor perspectives, a source often underrepresented in offender research
• Addresses a pressing policy concern at local, state, and national levels in Australia
• Builds evidence on undetected offenders and regular perpetration types

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Australian context mentioned

Provenance

Source

Haley Clark

Collection Method

Survey data collected from victim/survivors

Geography

Australia