INCIDENCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATIONS

• In the NT, 20 per cent of respondents in the domestic violence phone-in (1996) reported sexual violence.

• 29 per cent of domestic violence survivors reported sexual abuse (Beyond These Walls, 1988).

• The 1991 Queensland Crime Victim Survey commissioned by the QLD Criminal Justice Commission found that 31 per cent of sexual assaults were committed by current or former partners.

• A 1994 Tasmanian study found that sexual violence was used in 675 of the reported domestic violence incidents (KPMG).

• A study conducted into domestic violence experienced by women attending an A&E dept in Newcastle found that in 29 per cent of cases, the offender attempted to have sex with, or raped, the female victim (Bates, Redman, Brown and Hancock, 1995).

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