For example, one offender may have committed several sex offences against a single victim and received one conviction, while another offender may have committed sex offences with multiple victims and received multiple convictions. The vast majority of the victims of the Aboriginal sex offenders in this study were women, although almost one-fifth were male children or youths. Preliminary analyses indicate that there were 320 female and 75 male individual victims of the Aboriginal sex offenders in this study. Some of the Aboriginal sex offenders indicated that they had also been sexually abused by adults, usually as children. Aboriginal women and children of both sexes would, therefore, appear to be at the highest risk of being assaulted by Aboriginal sex offenders.
Relatives are also at high risk.
This includes wives, daughters, stepdaughters, foster daughters, nieces, sons, mothers, brothers, cousins, stepchildren, blood relations and relatives by marriage. Aboriginal sex offenders apparently tend to restrict their offences to the Aboriginal community. A preliminary profile This study indicates that Aboriginal sex offenders almost always sexually assault Aboriginal females under the age of 18, and prefer victims younger than 14. Most Aboriginal sex offenders abuse alcohol and a significant proportion abuse both alcohol and drugs. Aboriginal sex offenders also tend to restrict their sex offences to Aboriginal communities, with almost all offences being committed within the family unit.