An estimated 8 million Australians (41%) have experienced violence (physical and/or sexual) since the age of 15, including:
Statistics about defendants with federal offences dealt with by criminal courts including demographic, offence, outcome and sentence information.
In 2022-23, Legal Aid Commissions, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and Community Legal Centres across Australia:
From 30 June 2022 to 30 June 2023, Australian prisoners increased by 3% (1,338) to 41,929. The imprisonment rate also increased by 1% to 202 from 201 prisoners per 100,000 adult population.
In 2022-23:
In 2022–23:
An estimated 4.2 million adults (21%) have experienced partner violence or abuse since the age of 15, including:
An estimated 22% of adults have experienced childhood abuse and/or witnessed parental violence before the age of 15, including:
1.3 million women have experienced sexual harassment in the last 12 months. Of these women:
426,800 men have experienced sexual harassment in the last 12 months.
In the most recent incident of physical assault by a male:
For women
For men
In women’s most recent incident of sexual assault by a male:
In 2021-22:
A report on findings exploring potential options to develop national family and domestic violence statistics for correctional services agencies
Identifies the key data items and recording formats required to improve reporting of family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia
Outlines the strategies and actions required to address critical data gaps and improve the evidence base for family, domestic, and sexual violence
Presents statistical conceptual information relating to family, domestic and sexual violence and describes the main concepts, sources and priorities
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