Is it still sexual assault if both people were kids? (Part 2)

Part 2 of our conversation with Renae about harmful sexual behaviours in young people.  If you haven’t listened to part 1, please start there!  Here in part 2, Renae explains how to talk to kids about sexual behaviour and the current best practice when it comes to prevention and intervention of harmful sexual behaviours.

Heads up, this episode includes explicit conversation about sexual harm.

In this episode, we reference statistics from Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

We also reference research on harmful sexual behaviours in children and adolescents from: 

• Schlesinger, L. B. (2010). Sex Offenders, Juvenile Offenders, and Cross-Cultural Crime Research: New Findings, All Interesting. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 54(2), 147-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X09354114
• Caldwell, M. F. (2010). Study Characteristics and Recidivism Base Rates in Juvenile Sex Offender Recidivism. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 54(2), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X08330016
• Hackett et al. 2022. Life course outcomes and developmental pathways for children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour
• Chouinard-Thivierge, S., Lussier, P., & Charette, Y. (2023). The Adult Offending Outcomes of Adolescents Who Have Perpetrated a Sex Offense: Is Sexual Offending in Adolescence Indicative of Things to Come? Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 21(1), 3–26. https://doi.org/10.1177/15412040221123529

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