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Record ID: cfa14790-b8cb-48a6-b771-e729165d3b21
Web resource: http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/ihw/fvaatsip/fvaatsip.pdf
Type: Report
Title: Family violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Authors: Al-Yaman, Fadwa
Wallis, Michelle
Van Doeland, Mieke
Keywords: Homicide;Indigenous issues;Measurement;Statistics
ANRA Population: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Year: 2006
Publisher: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Notes:  General Overview :This national Australian report presents current information available on family violence among Indigenous Australians.
Objective :The report explores the national data sources that could provide information about general violence, family violence and/or partner violence among Indigenous Australians.
Methods :Each data set is assessed as to whether the data provides information about family violence, whether Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can be identified and whether there are collections of other variables relevant to family violence.
Discussion :The reporting framework is made up of four key areas: incidence and prevalence, associated harm, services for victims of violence, and contacts with the criminal justice system.

Chapter 3 looks at prevalence or the extent of violence by assessing data sources, such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS),National Crime and Safety Survey, ABS, Women's Safety, Australia survey or ABS, Personal Safety Survey, Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey and the ABS National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey:.

Chapter 4 examines associated harm by looking at data sources such as the AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) Hospital Morbidity Database, AIHW National Mortality Database and the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) National Homicide Monitoring Program. Chapter 5 addresses victim support services by using databases from the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program and the National Child Protection. Chapter 6 assesses police and courts data by analysing the ABS Recorded Crime for Victims, the ABS National Criminal Courts Collection and the ABS National Prisoner Census. Chapter 7 examines multi-services data collections. Chapter 8 gives an overall summary and specific recommendations.

Results :People in remote areas are found to much more likely report that family violence was a neighbourhood problem (41% compared with 14% in non remote areas). Indigenous females and males are found to be thirteen and seven times more likely to seek refuge assistance than non Indigenous females and males. The rate is found to be highest for females aged 25 to 24 years old. For Indigenous females, about one in two hospitalisations for assault (50%) are found to be related to family violence compared to one in five for males. Most hospitalisations for family violence related assault for females are found to be a result of spouse or partner violence (82%) compared to 38% among males. Indigenous females and males are found to be nearly ten and nine times more likely to die due to assault than non Indigenous females and males.
Conclusions :It concludes that the true extent of family violence in Indigenous communities is hard to assess due to under reporting by victims, incomplete identification of Indigenous people in national surveys, lack of appropriate screening by service providers, and problems of quality and comparability of current data. It suggests the need for developing a minimum set of national standardised data items.
URI: https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19231
ISBN: 9781740246200
Physical description: x, 144 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
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