Program: Report on sexual violence finds one in five people surveyed have committed an act of sexual violence, half of them in the past twelve months

A new research study has found that just over one-in-five people surveyed had committed an act of sexual violence - half of them in the past twelve months.

The report by the Australian Institute of Criminology surveyed more than five thousand people - and asked the respondents to report themselves, if they'd carried out various forms of abuse.

GUEST: Dr Christopher Dowling, co-author, Australian Institute of Criminology

PRODUCER: Anne Barker

PRODUCER: Max Chalmers