blind3rdeye@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The researchers also found:
- around one in ten (9.4%) Australian men has sexually offended against children
Does that figure accurately reflect the Australian population? Like, 1 in eleven men (roughly) have acted on some sexual impulse with a child. That sounds pretty high. I know a lot of adult males; so with that kind of statistic (and the follow-up about their typical backgrounds), it would be highly likely that I know a few sexual offenders without realising it.
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Well it’s hard to say. Their sampling is pretty good, although mostly reflects the white population here as they discuss.
We don’t really have better stats than self reports, and this is a good study of self reports. You could dive into the data to see exactly what are the major areas, they’re probably not assault and more likely to be pornography.
Keep in mind it’s not uniform, the wierdos and freaks are amusingly less likely to. It’s more likely to be the well dressed guy with a family. So social elites. Depending on your crowd you might be pretty unlikely to know someone who does this.