Group
Subdivision

039 Other sexual offences

Latest release
Australian and New Zealand Standard Offence Classification (ANZSOC)
Reference period
2023

Description

This subdivision includes sexual offences not elsewhere classified.

0391 Offensive sexual acts

This group includes sexual acts that are considered offensive or contravene social standards for behaviour.

Inclusions:

  • Flashing or indecent exposure
  • Sexual acts not committed against a person
  • Sexual contact or activity with a human corpse
  • Sexual contact or activity with an animal
  • Wilful exposure or masturbation in public or in view of others that does not amount to sexual assault or abuse

Exclusions:

  • Capture intimate photos or video without consent – coded to 0350 Intimate image offences
  • Exposing buttocks or genitals with comic intent or as a stunt, such as “mooning” or “streaking” – coded to 1223 Offensive behaviour 
  • Intentional performance of a sexual act in front of a child – coded to 0330 Child procurement or grooming
  • Nudity of a non-sexual nature such as public urination – coded to 1223 Offensive behaviour
  • Threat of rape of an adult where there is belief that it may be carried out – coded to 0311 Unlawful sexual penetration of an adult
  • Voyeurism or peeping offences – coded to 0399 Sexual offences, nec
  • Wilful exposure combined with any physical contact – coded to 0312 Unlawful sexual contact of an adult

0399 Sexual offences, nec

This group includes other sexual offences that are not elsewhere classified. The victim may be a child or an adult, or there may be no specific victim.

Inclusions:

  • Behave in an indecent sexual manner while providing services to a vulnerable person, excluding offences elsewhere classified
  • Create or distribute pornography that is unlawful due to prohibited content (such as depicting extreme violence or bestiality), excluding child abuse material
  • Force a person to watch a sexual act, without the intent of grooming or procurement, or where intent is unknown
  • Groom an adult with a cognitive impairment, or their carer, for sexual purposes
  • Own or manage a brothel where a child is working 
  • Peeping or voyeurism offences
  • Sexual censorship offences
  • Unlawfully allow a child into a brothel or escort agency
  • Other sexual offences not elsewhere classified

Exclusions:

  • Child abuse material offences – coded to the relevant groups within 034 Child abuse material offences
  • Grooming a child for sexual abuse – coded to 0330 Child procurement or grooming
  • Human trafficking, slavery, or slavery-like practices (including deceptive recruiting) for sexual exploitation or intended sexual exploitation – coded to 0410 Human trafficking or slavery
  • Offences relating to intimate images of adults – coded to 0350 Intimate image offences
  • Ownership or management of an unlicenced or unregistered brothel – coded to 1713 Unlawful purchase or sale of sexual services
  • Sexual offences involving physical contact or immediate threat of sexual assault or abuse – coded to the relevant groups within 031 Sexual assault of an adult or 032 Sexual assault of a child
  • Unlawful nudity that is not a sexual offence, such as public urination or “streaking” – coded to 1223 Offensive behaviour 
  • Unlawful soliciting of sex work – coded to 1713 Unlawful purchase or sale of sexual services
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