Aussie facts
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Relationship of offender to victim
Approximately half of the victims of murder, attempted murder, assault and sexual assault knew their offender. For sexual assault, the victim was four times more likely to know the offender than not. A higher proportion of female than male victims had a family member as their offender for the offences of murder, attempted murder and assault. For sexual assaults the proportion of victims with a family member offender was similar for males and females, at around 29%.