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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

DV LINE, NEW SOUTH WALES (2013 provider updates not received)

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection type		Geographic coverage		Frequency		Data availability
Administrative by-product		New South Wales		Annual		Agency annual report Customised data - free upon request 1

[1] May be subject to release conditions

DETAILED METADATA

Contact details

Data custodian	New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services (FACS)
Contact	n/a
Address	Level 2, 55 Clarence Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
Telephone	02 9248 0912
Facsimile	n/a
Email	n/a
Internet	http://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/
Source link	http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/docswr/_assets/main/documents/docs_data/quarterly_dec12.pdf

PURPOSE

This database records the number of calls to the DV Line and information about callers and/or victims of domestic violence. Information is used primarily for reporting purposes.

DESCRIPTION

DV Line provides telephone counselling, information and referrals for people who are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence. The DV Line is a service for women and gay men experiencing domestic violence from past and present intimate partner(s).

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

No formal definition of family and domestic violence is used. Callers self-identify as needing the counselling/information/advocacy services provided by the DV Line. This database is solely for capturing information about family and domestic violence.

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

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

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 (Number of children victim has)

Incident/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 (Type of violence)

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 (Medical/police)
Informal Support
Family/friends
Minister/priest
Telephone service
Other

COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

This database records the number of calls to the DV Line and information about callers and/or victims of Domestic Violence. Caseworkers at the DV Line enter information into the database based on the information gathered during the telephone call.

Each caseworker records the information about the calls they receive in an SPSS file. All SPSS files are then collated for reporting purposes.

SCOPE / TARGET POPULATION

This database captures the number of calls to the DV Line. A call is a record of communication to the DV Line regarding a person, with or without children, who is experiencing or has experienced domestic violence and is requesting assistance, information about domestic violence or other information.

COVERAGE

n/a

DATA AVAILABILITY / DISSEMINATION

Limited aggregated information is published in the Annual Report.
Additional data may be provided free on request. See guidelines.

PUBLICATIONS

n/a

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: 1999

Break in series: no

Other details: n/a

OTHER DIRECTORY DATA SOURCES HELD BY THIS AGENCY

KiDS (Key Information and Directory System) New South Wales