AUSTRALIA
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A SPIKE in sex crimes may be the result of more people coming forward to report offenders, police say.
Sexual assaults in New South Wales increased by 125 per cent between 1990 and 2013.
More recently, in the two years up to December 2013, indecent assault and other sex offences jumped by 7.8 per cent, according to the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOSCAR) data released yesterday (Thursday).
NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas says he believes the Special Commission of Inquiry and royal commission, both addressing institutionalised child sex abuse, have encouraged victims to come forward.
“We feel they have to have had an impact and probably a positive one in more people feeling confident in coming forward and reporting what has happened to authorities,” he’s told Sydney journalists.
“That can’t be a bad thing.”
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