ACSSA research projects

Current projects

A New Legal Frontier: The role of social networking services and mobile phone technology in facilitating sexual violence.
This project is a partnership project between the ACSSA and CASA Forum which explores the use of new communication technologies, specifically social networking sites and mobile phone technology, in the facilitation of sexual violence.

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Completed projects

Insights into sexual assault perpetration: Giving voice to victim/survivors' knowledge (Research report No. 18).  By Haley Clark and Antonia Quadara (2010).
This research involved interviews with 33 victim/survivors about their perspective of sexual offending.  The study found that rather than pathological or abnormal behaviour leading to sexual assault, offending is facilitated by standard social contexts such as hanging out with friends, going to a pub, or attending work functions.

Rape in Victoria: Study of Reported Rapes in Victoria 2000-2003 By Dr Melanie Heenan and Dr Suellen Murray (2006). Published by the Office of Women’s Policy, Department for Victorian Communities, Melbourne, Victoria.
This study profiled 850 rapes reported to Victoria Police over three years, from 2000-2003, using the Victoria Police Law Enforcement and Assistance Program (LEAP) database. It identifies the relationship between case characteristics and case outcomes and profiles cases involving specific groups of victims and offenders.