4533.0 - Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2013  
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Contact details
Purpose
Description
Definition of family and domestic violence
Relationship to Defining the data challenge for family, domestic and sexual violence (cat. no. 4529.0)
Family and domestic violence related content (data items collected)
Collection methodology
Scope / Target population
Coverage
Data availability / Dissemination
Publications
Collection history
Other directory data sources held by this agency

SAFE AT HOME INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SIMS), TASMANIA

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection typeGeographic coverageFrequencyData availability
  • Administrative by-product
  • Tasmania
  • Regional
  • Ad hoc
  • Not published - may be available on request 1
[1] May be subject to release conditions

DETAILED METADATA

Contact details

Data custodianTasmania Department of Justice (DoJ)
Contact Strategic Policy and Projects Branch
AddressGPO Box 825, Hobart, TAS, 7001
Telephone03 6233 2310
Facsimile 03 6233 3705
Emailsafeathome@justice.tas.gov.au
Internethttp://www.justice.tas.gov.au
Source linkn/a
PURPOSE

To assist with case coordination and record management of Family Violence cases within the State.

DESCRIPTION

Safe at Home Information Management System (SIMS) was designed to facilitate the efficient transfer of information pertinent to the management of risk and safety between Safe at Home services. Safe at Home services include: Police Prosecution; Tasmania Police Victim Safety Response Teams, Court Support and Liaison Service, Family Violence Counselling & Support Service, Defendant Health Liaison Service; Child Protection; and the Family Violence Offender Intervention Program. The system includes incident data as well as information generated at weekly case coordination meetings attended by Safe at Home services and by case managers in the course of their duties.

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Family and domestic violence is defined as per the Family Violence Act 2004. Family violence means:
(a) any of the following types of conduct committed by a person, directly or indirectly, against that person’s spouse or partner:
    (i) assault, including sexual assault;
    (ii) threats, coercion, intimidation or verbal abuse;
    (iii) abduction;
    (iv) stalking within the meaning of section 192 of the Criminal Code;
    (v) attempting or threatening to commit conduct referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv); or
(b) any of the following:
    (i) economic abuse;
    (ii) emotional abuse or intimidation;
    (iii) contravening an external family violence order, an interim FVO, an FVO or a PFVO.
Operationally, incidents are classified as either: Family Violence, Family Argument, or Other.

RELATIONSHIP TO DEFINING THE DATA CHALLENGE FOR FAMILY, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE (cat. no. 4529.0)

The summary table below is designed to indicate the amount of information available for each of the six elements outlined in Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013 (cat. no. 4529.0). This is a subjective assessment made by the ABS about the data collected and is not an indication of data quality.

Conceptual Framework
Amount of Information Available
Element/Sub–element
Some
Detailed
Context
Environmental factors
Psycho-social factors
Risk
Community prevalence
Community incidence
Incident/event
Responses
Formal responses
Informal responses
Impacts/Outcomes
Programs, Research & Evaluation
FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CONTENT (data items collected)

The following tables provide a detailed analysis of the availability of specified data elements in the data source. The data items have been grouped into four counting units:
1. Context;
2. Person;
3. Incident/Event; and
4. Transaction.

Tables are absent from the entry in cases where the data source contains no data items which relate to the particular counting unit/s.

Context

Please note: This data source does not contain any data items relevant to this counting unit.
Person

Data Items
Victim
Perpetrator
Secondary
Residential location
1
1
1
Age
Sex
Indigenous status
Disability status
Country of birth
Language spoken
Employment status
Education
Income
Socio-economic status
Mental illness
Other: (Health)
[1] One of four districtsIncident/event

Data Items
Available
Location of incident/event
Residential location
Workplace
Educational institution
Public Place
Other Location
Relationship between parties
Current partner
Previous partner
Boyfriend/girlfriend/date
Parent
Child
Sibling
Other relatives
Other member of household
Personal/financial dependency
Other
Other Characteristics
Weapon used
Type of weapon
Physical injury sustained
Type of injury sustained
Pregnancy
Alcohol/substance use
Prior history of victimisation/offending
Change to routine
Time off work/economic costs
Perceptions of behaviour as criminal
Other
Transaction

Data Items
Available
Detection
Reported to police
1
Reasons not reported to police
Satisfaction with police response
Application for violence order
Violence order issued
Offender charged
Offender went to court
Offender sentence type
Child protection involvement
Other: (Case coordination responsibility/case status/number of incidents)
Formal support
Services used/referral to services
Medical treatment/type
Counselling
Legal
Financial
Housing/accommodation
Crisis
Other
Informal Support
Family/friends
Minister/priest
Telephone service
Other
[1] All cases reported to police.COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

SIMS is maintained by the Department of Justice, however all Safe at Home services and their staff have access to the system and can input data. Safe at Home Services are provided by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Police and Emergency Management and Justice. Hence, information is shared between services and departments. A case record is created by the electronic transfer of incident related data from the Family Violence Management System maintained by Tasmania Police. All family violence incidents and arguments attended by operational Police are recorded in the FVMS system and the data is transferred to SIMS. This information is mandatory.

SCOPE / TARGET POPULATION

Adult and child victims and perpetrators of family violence.

COVERAGE

n/a

DATA AVAILABILITY / DISSEMINATION

The data is not routinely publically available but may be made available to researchers upon request.

PUBLICATIONS

n/a

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: September 2005

Break in series: no

Other details: n/a

OTHER DIRECTORY DATA SOURCES HELD BY THIS AGENCY
n/a