4533.0 - Directory of Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence Statistics, 2018
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 19/12/2018
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NEW SOUTH WALES REOFFENDING DATABASE
CONTACT DETAILS Data custodian: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Telephone: (02) 8346 1100 Email: bcsr@justice.nsw.gov.au Web Address: http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/ DESCRIPTION The New South Wales (NSW) Reoffending Database (ROD) contains information on each person who has been convicted of a criminal offence in NSW since 1994 and is used by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) to determine the proportion of offenders who have been re-convicted for a further offence. The database includes information about the number of convicted adult offenders who reoffend within the same offence group within a 12 month period, including acts intended to cause injury (domestic violence related) and sexual assault and related offences. COLLECTION HISTORY Collection commenced: 2000 Breaks in series: None Other details: COLLECTION METHODOLOGY The Reoffending Database draws on a number of datasets, including:
SCOPE AND COVERAGE Adult offenders in NSW with proven finalised Local or Higher Court appearances, Youth Justice Conferences, or Cautions. DEFINITION OF FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Acts intended to cause injury (domestic violence related) - Acts, excluding attempted murder and those resulting in death, which are intended to cause non-fatal injury or harm to another person and where there is no sexual or acquisitive element. DEFINITION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE Sexual assault and related offences - Acts, or intent of acts, of a sexual nature against another person, which are non-consensual or where consent is proscribed. DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION Data tables available for download: https://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/Pages/bocsar_pages/Re-offending.aspx Extracts of unit record data from the ROD are available for research purposes (not operational purposes) with approval. PUBLICATIONS N/A HOW THE STATISTICAL COLLECTION INFORMS NATIONAL DATA INITIATIVES This section provides an overview of if/how the statistical collection informs or aligns with key initiatives relating to family, domestic, and sexual violence statistics. These assessments are not an ABS endorsement or indication of data quality, but are intended to assist readers in determining whether the data will meet their data needs. Relationship to 'Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence' The summary table below is designed to indicate whether the data source informs the six statistical elements outlined in Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013 (cat. no. 4529.0). FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
Relationship to the 'Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence' The three tables below provide an indication of which data items can be informed by the data source. The data items have been conceptually grouped into the key information units - Person, Event, and Transaction - as described in the Foundation for a National Data Collection and Reporting Framework for Family, Domestic, and, Sexual Violence, 2014 (cat. no. 4529.0.00.003). PERSON FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
EVENT FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
TRANSACTION FDV - Family and domestic violence data SV - Sexual violence data
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