Perpetrators

Neighbours and family members were the most common known non-partner perpetrators. A large share of survivors could not identify the perpetrator. Most recorded cases involved a single perpetrator. For children under 12, about half of cases…

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Neighbours and family members were the most common known non-partner perpetrators. A large share of survivors could not identify the perpetrator. Most recorded cases involved a single perpetrator. For children under 12, about half of cases involved unknown persons, while neighbours were also prominent perpetrators. Intimate partner sexual violence was likely underestimated in the records.