For sexual offending between persons who have met via internet dating applications, general deterrence is a very important sentencing consideration. A diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder may reduce moral culpability and make the offender a less suitable vehicle for general deterrence, and may justify an intensive correction order rather than full-time imprisonment for sexual intercourse without consent, particularly where the condition contributed to the offending and would make imprisonment more onerous. Non-consensual distribution of intimate images where the distribution is only to the victim depicted is at the low end of the mid-range of objective seriousness.
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