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Sexual violence and assault
ANROWS research explores the contexts, dynamics and impacts of sexual violence and sexual assault on general and priority populations, service delivery and support for women who have experienced sexual violence, and interventions for people with harmful sexual behaviours.
Below is a collection of resources, research papers, reports and research projects about sexual violence and assault.
Papers and reports
“Just another day in retail”:
Understanding and addressing workplace sexual harassment in the Australian retail industry
Workplace technology-facilitated sexual harassment:
Perpetration, responses and prevention
What works?
A qualitative exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that respond to family violence
“I just felt like I was running around in a circle”:
Listening to the voices of victims and perpetrators to transform responses to intimate partner violence
Migrant and refugee women in Australia:
A study of sexual harassment in the workplace
A life course approach to determining the prevalence and impact of sexual violence in Australia:
Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
“Chuck her on a lie detector”:
Investigating Australians’ mistrust in women’s reports of sexual assault
Sexual assault and domestic violence in the context of co-occurrence and revictimisation:
State of knowledge paper
Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality:
Findings from the 2017 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey
Establishing the connection:
Interventions linking service responses for sexual assault with drug or alcohol use/abuse: Key findings and future directions
National Risk Assessment Principles for domestic and family violence
Find out moreIntimate partner sexual violence:
Research synthesis
Women’s Input into a Trauma-informed systems model of care in Health settings: The WITH study:
Key findings and future directions
Community-based approaches to sexual offender reintegration:
Key findings and future directions
Constructions of complex trauma and implications for women’s wellbeing and safety from violence:
Key findings and future directions
Crossing the line: Lived experience of sexual violence among trans women of colour from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Australia:
Key findings and future directions
Good practice in responding to young people with harmful sexual behaviours:
Key findings and future directions
Exploring the onset, duration and temporal ordering of adverse childhood experiences in young people adjudicated for sexual offences:
A longitudinal qualitative study
Fact sheets and resources
FACT SHEET
Lessons from implementing community-based primary prevention
An evaluation of White Ribbon Australia’s “Engaging communities in sexual violence primary prevention” project: Key findings
SUMMARY
What works?
A qualitative exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that respond to family violence
INFOGRAPHICS
A life course approach to determining the prevalence and impact of sexual violence in Australia:
Findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
FACT SHEET
“Chuck her on a lie detector”: Investigating Australians’ mistrust in women’s reports of sexual assault
Find out moreInfographics
Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality (NCAS)
Find out moreGuidelines
Establishing the connection:
Guidelines for practitioners and clinicians in the sexual assault and alcohol and other drug sectors
Guidelines
National Risk Assessment Principles for domestic and family violence:
Quick reference guide for practitioners
Special collection
Perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence:
Special collection: June 2019 (updated June 2020)
Webinar
Responding to sexual violence experienced among trans women of colour from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Australia
Find out moreCurrent ANROWS research projects
A life course approach to determining the prevalence and impact of sexual violence in Australia:
The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health
Technology-facilitated abuse:
Extent, nature and responses in the Australian community
“What works” to reduce and respond to violence against women: Evidence synthesis, methods and communication
Find out moreAn exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that respond to domestic and family violence and sexual assault
Find out moreTransforming responses to intimate partner and sexual violence:
Listening to the voices of victims, perpetrators and services
Adverse childhood experiences and the intergenerational transmission of domestic and family violence in young people who engage in harmful sexual behaviour and violence against women
Find out moreAdolescent family violence in Australia:
A national study of prevalence, use of and exposure to violence, and support needs for young people
Further reading
ANROWS Digital Library
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