Australian Bureau of Statistics
Celebrating the International Year of Statistics 2013

OVERVIEW

The impacts and outcomes of family, domestic and sexual violence can vary in duration from short, to long term, affecting victims, perpetrators, their respective families, friends and the broader community. These can affect a wide range of areas of wellbeing, including:

• population;
• community;
• family;
• individual;
• physical and mental health;
• education;
• employment;
• economic resources;
• housing;
• crime and justice; and
• culture and leisure.

Potential impacts and outcomes also vary according to the time-frame under consideration. Impacts are classified as short to medium term effects, while outcomes are generally medium to long term effects, particularly those that follow formal interventions. The type of abuse and the length of time of victimisation, as well as the age of the victim at the time of the incident, also affect the nature of impacts and outcomes following family, domestic and sexual violence.

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