4533.0 - Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2013
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 03/10/2013
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The primary purpose of the data collection is to produce information for program evaluation. DESCRIPTION The Indigenous Family Violent Offending Program works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander offenders to educate and provide alternative strategies for addressing issues which result in family violence. Clients are primarily referred through the court system, Community Corrections, Police and Department of Children and Family Services. Local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander facilitators assist with the delivery of the program in remote communities, regional centres and prisons in the Northern Territory. The program is an alternative sentencing option to imprisonment for the court system and its overriding aim is to reduce the incidence of family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE The definition of domestic and family violence used is consistent with the Northern Territory’s Domestic and Family Violence Act (2009). However, as offenders with sexual assault and homicide offences may be excluded from participating in the Indigenous Family Violence Offender Program the operational definition of ‘domestic and family violence’ used in the program also excludes these offences. Domestic and family related incidents include all incidents where the nature of the incident is between people in a ‘domestic relationship’, according to the definition in Section 9 of the Act. This definition includes intimate partners (who are married or unmarried, in de facto relationships, boyfriends, girlfriends, gay or straight) and violence between other members of a family, household or community. 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.
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
Eligible charges can include Assault Female - Offender Male, Assault, Aggravated Assault, Failing to Comply with a Restraining Order. In addition, the Court requests an assessment of suitability for the offender to attend the community based program. This two page assessment is completed and a copy provided to the Court. The details of that assessment are recorded by the case workers into the Integrated Offender Management System (IOMS) database and also on the Indigenous Family Violence Offender Program database. This database has functionality built in to enable the extraction of statistics. SCOPE / TARGET POPULATION Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perpetrators of family violence mandated to attend the program. COVERAGE Note perpetrators of family violence offences involving sexual assault or homicide may be excluded from this program. DATA AVAILABILITY / DISSEMINATION Data are available on request and a fee for service may be charged where a contract programmer is required to extract the data. Approval from the CEO or his/her delegate is required for release.
PUBLICATIONS Not routinely published. COLLECTION HISTORY Collection commenced: 2006 Break in series: no Other details: n/a OTHER DIRECTORY DATA SOURCES HELD BY THIS AGENCY Integrated Justice Information System (IJIS): Domestic Violence Order Applications and Breaches Back to top
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