Web resource:	http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/BB42.pdf/$file/BB42.pdf
Type:	Fact Sheet
Title:	Crime and Justice Statistics Bureau Brief
Authors:	Ringland, Clare Rodwell, Laura
Keywords:	Protection orders;Homicide;Policing;Statistics
Categories:	Statistics
Year:	2009
Publisher:	NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research
Citation:	No. 42
Notes:	General Overview: Prepared in order to inform the New South Wales Advisory Panel on domestic violence-related fatalities, this brief analyses the trends and features of domestic homicides in NSW for the period between January 2003 and June 2008. Based on this information, the authors analyse trends in homicide and domestic violence-related assaults according to homicide victims, domestic homicide victims and domestic violence-related assaults. They examine event characteristics according to number of victims and offenders per event; when and where the events occurred; and weapon used. The authors further examine victim characteristics of sex and age; Aboriginality; remoteness and socio-economic disadvantage of area of residence; relationship between victim and offender; violent act causing death; previous police contact. They also consider offender characteristics of sex and age; relationship of offender to victim, by sex of the offender; Aboriginality; remoteness and socio-economic disadvantage of area of residence; alcohol and drug use; previous police contact; mental health; and murder-suicide. The study’s most important conclusion is that very few of the homicide or assault victims had had contact with the police as a domestic violence victim. It is possible, however, that these individuals have come to the attention of other agencies and services, such as hospitals, mental health or counselling services.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11868
Physical description:	8p
Appears in Collections:	Fact Sheets

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