New research from Swinburne University of Technology, in partnership with the Australian Institute of Criminology and Victoria Police, compared 116 females with 116 age-matched males known to police for online child sexual exploitation to examine differences in group characteristics and risk of reoffending:
- Some differences emerged, with females co-offending and experiencing violent victimisation more often than males.
- However, several similarities were also apparent, including that females and males had similar risk of recidivism.
- These findings have implications for policy and highlight several important avenues for future research.
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