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Article: Fed: Up to 90 per cent of child sex abuse the result of incest
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- July 23, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
07-23-2009
Fed: Up to 90 per cent of child sex abuse the result of incest
A new Australian study shows as much as 90 per cent of child sex abuse is the result
of incest .. usually by the victim's adolescent brother.
The report by the Australian Institute of Criminology says around half of family adolescent
sex offenders are themselves victims of sex abuse.
The researchers say estimating the extent of the abuse is difficult .. as there's been
comparatively little focus on the issue of adolescent ...