The number is "shocking", according to researchers, but the real figure could be higher.
One in 10 had done so in the past year, according to an Australian Institute of CriminologyWhile "shockingly" high, according to two domestic and family violence researchers not involved in the study, the authors warned the real figures could be even worse.'Beautiful, loving' English teacher identified as woman found dead at Melbourne waste facility
AIC deputy director Dr Rick Brown said the approach was important for understanding the drivers of sexual violence and focusing on preventing perpetrators rather than victims. Broadly, the AIC study found 22.1 per cent of respondents had perpetrated one or more of the forms of sexual violence since turning 18 and 9.9 per cent had done so in the past 12 months.
Those figures dropped to 11.4 per cent and 5 per cent in the past year for sexual assault and to 3.3 per cent and 2.1 per cent for image-based sexual violence. Researchers did their best to account for biases usually found in survey-based research but even still feared the numbers could be under-reported, particularly given more than 550 people skipped at least one question.
, Monash University Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Australian National University research fellow Hayley Boxall described the findings as "shocking".
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