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

QUEENSLAND WIDE INTER-LINKED COURTS (QWIC)

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection typeGeographic coverageFrequencyData availability
  • Administrative by-product
  • Queensland
  • Annual
  • Agency annual report
  • Customised data - free upon request 1
[1] May be subject to release conditions

DETAILED METADATA

Contact details

Data custodianQueensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Contact Courts Performance and Reporting Unit
AddressBrisbane Magistrates Court, Level 2, 363 George St, GPO Box 1649, Brisbane, QLD, 4001
Telephone07 3247 5664
Facsimile n/a
Emailcourtstats@justice.qld.gov.au
Internethttp://www.justice.qld.gov.au
Source linkhttp://www.courts.qld.gov.au/media-and-the-public/courts-statistical-information
PURPOSE

To record outcomes of criminal court appearances.

DESCRIPTION

Queensland Wide Inter-linked Courts (QWIC) records details of court appearances (e.g. dates, court location of appearance) for criminal matters as well as outcomes of court appearances (e.g. sentences). In terms of domestic violence criminal offences, only breaches of DV orders are able to be identified. Other domestic violence related offences (e.g. assaults) are not able to be identified as to whether or not they relate to domestic violence.

QWIC also records information relating to applications for DV orders (e.g. date of court appearance, result of court appearance, orders made, etc.). There is no link in the system between criminal matters and applications for DV orders. There is also no ‘single person identifier’ in QWIC, therefore history of offending is not available.

DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Family and domestic violence is defined by the Domestic and Family violence Protection Act 1989. The Act covers physical, emotional and financial violence and abuse committed in spousal, intimate personal, family and informal care relationships.

Aspects of family and domestic violence captured in the data are:
  • physical abuse;
  • sexual abuse;
  • psychological / emotional abuse; and
  • economic 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
1,2
Age
2
Sex
2
Indigenous status
2
Disability status
Country of birth
2
1
Language spoken
Employment status
2
Education
Income
Socio-economic status
Mental illness
Other
3
[1] Court location where application/charge was heard.
[2] Available for domestic violence application orders only.
[3] Place of birth if provided by Queensland Police.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
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 (Type of application order/outcome of application)
Formal support
Services used/referral to services
Medical treatment/type
Counselling
Legal
1
Financial
Housing/accommodation
Crisis
Other
Informal Support
Family/friends
Minister/priest
Telephone service
Other
[1] court location.
COLLECTION METHODOLOGY

Matters are entered into the QWIC system and finalised by a clerk. A registrar then verifies the finalisation and all details on QWIC by ticking the ‘verified’ box. Only ‘verified’ records can be accessed for statistical purposes.

SCOPE / TARGET POPULATION

Criminal defendants in Queensland courts and applicants and respondents in DV order application matters.

COVERAGE

n/a

DATA AVAILABILITY / DISSEMINATION

Data is published in court annual reports. Access to unpublished data may be available on request. A data request form can be downloaded from: http://www.courts.qld.gov.au/media-and-the-public/courts-statistical-information

Legislative restrictions affect the information that can be provided. These include requests for data containing personal information, which will be referred to the Right to Information and Privacy Unit for assessment.

Note that Queensland Department of Communities also reports QWIC data in its role administering Domestic Violence legislation.
http://www.communities.qld.gov.au/communityservices/violence-prevention

PUBLICATIONS

Queensland Courts Statistical Information

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: October 2000

Break in series: no

Other details: n/a

OTHER DIRECTORY DATA SOURCES HELD BY THIS AGENCY

n/a