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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

VICTIMS SUPPORT SERVICE CLIENT CONTACT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (CCCMS), WESTERN AUSTRALIA (2013 provider updates not received)

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection type		Geographic coverage		Frequency		Data availability
Administrative by-product		Western Australia		Ad hoc		Not published - may be available on request 1

[1] May be subject to release conditions

DETAILED METADATA

Contact details

Data custodian	Department of the Attorney General, Western Australia
Contact	Court and Tribunal Services
Address	International House, 26 St Georges Terrace, Perth, WA, 6000
Telephone	08 9425 2222
Facsimile	n/a
Email	n/a
Internet	http://www.courts.dotag.wa.gov.au
Source link	n/a

PURPOSE

To record details of victims of crime assisted and the services provided to them.

DESCRIPTION

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DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

The Family Violence Service defines intimate or family relationships to include those between:

• partners - married, de facto or otherwise;
• ex partners;
• same sex couples;
• family members;
• children of either member of a couple; and
• live-in carers.

Aspects of family and domestic violence captured in the data are:

• physical abuse;
• sexual abuse;
• psychological/emotional abuse;
• economic abuse;
• social abuse; and
• harassment and stalking.

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
Age
Sex
Indigenous status
Disability status
Country of birth
Language spoken
Employment status
Education
Income
Socio-economic status
Mental illness
Other

Incident/event

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

Data Items	Available
Detection
Reported to police
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
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

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

Victims are referred to this service from the Police. Information is recorded by Victim Support Services staff. Full address is not recorded in all instances.

SCOPE / TARGET POPULATION

All victims of crime who apply for assistance through the Western Australia Victim Support Services.

COVERAGE

n/a

DATA AVAILABILITY / DISSEMINATION

Access to data may available upon request. Approval to extract the data lies with the program manager and is dependent on operational priorities and the availability of resources to extract the data.

PUBLICATIONS

Family and domestic violence data items are not routinely published.

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: 1997

Break in series: no

Other details: n/a

OTHER DIRECTORY DATA SOURCES HELD BY THIS AGENCY

n/a