Web resource:	http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/agdbasev7wr/_assets/bocsar/m716854l4/bb91.pdf
Type:	Fact Sheet
Title:	Crime and Justice Statistics Bureau Brief
Authors:	Birdsey, Emma Snowball, Lucy
Keywords:	Statistics;Criminal justice responses;Policing
Categories:	Statistics
Year:	2013
Publisher:	NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Citation:	No. 91
Notes:	In this study, researchers from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research interviewed 300 victims of domestic violence (DV) who attended DV services to investigate whether they had reported the violence to police, and why they had decided to report or not. The study found that nearly two-thirds (62.8%) of respondents had reported at least one previous incident of DV to police, while just over half (51.8%) had reported their most recent incident of DV to police. The top three reasons for not reporting the most recent incident of DV to police were: As well, a variety of barriers to reporting the most recent incident were put forward by survey respondents. The study also investigated which factors were associated with an increased or decreased likelihood of reporting to police.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11834
ISBN:	9781921824739
Physical description:	9p
Appears in Collections:	Fact Sheets

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