Research shows that cruise ships have a high rate of sexual attacks

Research shows cruise ships - such as the Pacific Star, on which an Aucklander was allegedly raped in 2007 - have a high rate of sexual attacks. Photo / Supplied NZTRI Associate Director Dr Jill Poulston has just published a new research, jointly conducted with Canadian Professor Ross Klein, on sexual assaults aboard cruise ships. 

Dr Poulston described the findings as "chilling", with one well-known cruise line, Royal Caribbean International, receiving more than 450 sexual abuse complaints during an eight year period.

The research, which analysed data from FBI reports and three major cruise lines, found there was an unusually high incidence of sexual assaults and unwanted sexual contact on cruise ships.

 

Read the full article on the NZ Herald.