Online child sexual victimisation: What young people told us

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This infographic summarises the key points from ACMS research on online sexual victimisation. For further information, please see relevant journal articles:

Walsh, K., Mathews, B., Parvin, K., Smith, R., Burton, M., Nicholas, M., Napier, S., Cubitt, T., Erskine, H., Thomas, H. J., Finkelhor, D., Higgins, D. J., Scott, J. G., Flynn, A., Noll, J., Malacova, E., Le, H., & Tran, N. (2025). Prevalence and characteristics of online child sexual victimization: Findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 160, 107186.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.107186

Mathews, B., Walsh, K., Finkelhor, D., Parvin, K., Burton, M., Nicholas, M., Napier, S., Cubitt, T., de Silva, A., Higgins, D., Scott, J. G., Noll, J., & Flynn, A. (2025). Disclosure of online child sexual victimisation: Findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 165, 107493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107493

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