4524.0 - In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics, July 2012
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/07/2012
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Overall, victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in couple families (with or without children) tended to have better wellbeing outcomes than victims in one parent families and lone person households. This may be due to the availability of close adult support and connection in couple households as compared to one parent families and lone person households. Generalised trust Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in one parent families and lone person households (33.4% and 37.9%) were less likely to agree that people in general could be trusted than victims in couple households both with and without children (49.1% and 54%). The general population followed a similar trend; however, a smaller proportion of victims of the selected crimes in one parent families and lone person households agreed that people could be trusted than persons that had not experienced the selected crimes (45.8% and 54.5%). 17. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO AGREE THAT IN GENERAL PEOPLE CAN BE TRUSTED by WHETHER A VICTIM OF SELECTED CRIMES and HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Trust in the police Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in one parent families were less likely to agree that the police can be trusted (44.0%) than victims in couple families both with and without children (58.9% and 60.8% respectively). Victims of the selected crimes in couple families without children were also more likely to agree that the police can be trusted than victims in lone person households (47.6%). In the general population, people in lone person households were less likely to agree that the police could be trusted than people in couple family households and people in group households. However, people in one parent families were only less likely to agree that the police could be trusted than people in couple families with children. When comparing victims of the selected crimes to persons that did not experience a selected crime across the different household types, victims were less likely to agree that police could be trusted in couple families with children (58.9% and 69.2% respectively), one parent families (44.0% and 67.2% respectively) and lone person households (47.6% and 57.3% respectively). 19. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO AGREED THAT POLICE COULD BE TRUSTED by WHETHER A VICTIM OF SELECTED CRIMES and HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Ability to have a say in the community Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in couple families with children (44.1%) were less likely than victims in couple families without children (56.2%) and one parent families (60.8%) to feel they had a say in the community only a little or none of the time. This was different to the findings for the general population, where only one parent households differed significantly from the other household types. Victims of the selected crimes were more likely than persons that did not experience the selected crimes to feel they are able to have a say only a little or none of the time in couple families without children (56.2% and 41.1%) and one parent families (60.8% and 49.4%). 20. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FEEL ABLE TO HAVE A SAY IN THE COMMUNITY by WHETHER A VICTIM OF SELECTED CRIMES and HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Ability to raise emergency money Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in couple families both with and without children were more likely to live in a household that could raise money in an emergency (78.9% and 88.2% respectively) than victims in one parent families (55.3%), group households (56.7%), and lone person households (65.9%). There was a similar pattern in the findings for the general population, however victims were less likely than persons not experiencing the selected crimes to be able to raise emergency money in couple families with children (78.9% and 88.5%), one parent families (55.3% and 69.1%) and lone person households (65.9% and 84.2%). 21. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN A HOUSEHOLD ABLE TO RAISE $2,000 IF NEEDED by WHETHER A VICTIM OF SELECTED CRIMES and HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Length of time in current dwelling Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in group households were more likely to have lived in their current dwelling for one year or less (55.2%) than victims in couple families both with and without children (16.3% and 26.0% respectively), one parent families (32.6%) and lone person households (19.3%). This followed the trend in the general population, however victims of the selected crimes were still more likely than persons that were not victims to have lived in their current dwelling for less than one year in couple families without children (26.0% and 13.7%), one parent families (32.6% and 13.9%) and lone person households (19.3% and 10.4%). 22. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO HAD SPENT LESS THAN ONE YEAR IN THEIR CURRENT HOME by WHETHER A VICTIM OF SELECTED CRIMES and HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Frequency of contact with friends or family Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in one parent families (72.8%) were more likely to have contact with family and close friends every day, than victims in couple families both with and without children (56.1% and 52.7% respectively) and lone person households (48.8%). This is consistent with the trend in the general population, however victims of the selected crimes were more likely to have contact with friends or family every day than persons that did not experience the selected crimes in couple families without children (52.7% and 41.9%) and one parent families (72.8% and 52.1%). 23. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTACT EVERY DAY WITH FAMILY AND CLOSE FRIENDS by WHETHER A VICTIM OF SELECTED CRIMES and HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Whether had attended a community event Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in couple families both with and without children (79.2% and 74.8%) were more likely to have attended a community event in the six months prior to interview than victims in lone person households (57.1%) and one parent families (60.2%). Victims of the selected crimes in group households (75.6%) were also more likely to have attended a community event than victims in lone person households (57.1%). While the general population followed a similar pattern, victims of the selected crimes were more likely than persons that did not experience the selected crimes to have attended a community event in couple families both with children (79.2% and 70.2%) and without children (74.8% and 61.7%). 24. PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED A COMMUNITY EVENT IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS by WHETHER A VICTIM OF SELECTED CRIMES and HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION Ability to get support in times of crisis Victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in lone person households (89.8%) were less likely than victims in couple households with children (95.4%) to be able to get support in times of crisis. This followed the general population trend and there were no statistically significant differences between persons who experienced a selected crime and persons that did not experience a selected crime in any of the household composition categories. CONCLUSION Generally, victims of actual or attempted break-in and/or physical or threatened violence in couple families (with or without children) tended to have better wellbeing outcomes than victims in one parent families and lone person households. Often patterns for the victims of the selected crimes followed the trend in the general population, there were still differences between victims and persons not experiencing the selected crimes, with victims of selected crimes having poorer social wellbeing outcomes. FOOTNOTES 1. A selection of household composition categories are based on various family and household compositions. Categories presented are:
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