Type:	Report
Title:	Victorian family violence database [electronic resource] : volume 2 : five year report 1999-2004
Authors:	Victorian Community Council Against Violence
Keywords:	Statistics
Year:	2006
Publisher:	Victorian Community Council Against Violence
Notes:	General Overview: This report analyses the five years of data from July 1999 until June 2004 held on the Victorian Family Violence Database. Discussion: The Victorian Family Violence Database was established to fill the need for a single state wide database containing information about the nature and incidence of family violence in Victoria. It was established in 2000 and contains data on police family violence incident reports, finalised applications for intervention orders and data from Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) agencies. Each of the three agencies (police, courts and SAAP agencies) uses different data collection methods and it is not possible to track individual cases across all data sources. The number of family violence incidents recorded by police in Victoria increased by 41% over the five years, to 27 672 in 2003-2004. This is largely due to the steps taken by Victorian Police to encourage reporting. Applications for intervention orders also increased by 4% to 20 120 in 2003-2004. Over the five years, women made up 80% of adult victims in family incident reports, 80% of applicants for intervention orders and 95% of adults seeking assistance from SAAP agencies. Men made up 80% of adult defendants in family violence incidents and intervention orders. Where adult males were the victims in family violence incident reports and finalised intervention orders, 40% of the defendants were male. The most common relationship for victims and perpetrators was “current or former domestic partner”. However, adult males were more likely to experience violence from other family members than were adult females. There were significant numbers of intervention order applications made by parents against children/step children, and by children against parents/step parents. Adult female victims were most likely to be aged between 25 – 34 years old, while adult male victims were older. As a proportion of the population, people from non-metropolitan areas were more likely to seek assistance from police and courts. In 65% of family violence incidents, there was at least one child present.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19212
ISBN:	9781921028366
Physical description:	216 p. : ill.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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