4533.0 - Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2011  
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Contents >> Integrated Justice Information System (IJIS): Domestic Violence Order Applications and Breaches, Northern Territory

INTEGRATED JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM (IJIS): DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER APPLICATIONS AND BREACHES


DASHBOARD METADATA

Geographic CoverageFrequencyData Availability
National
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Tasmania
ACT
Northern Territory
Regional
LGA
ASGC Remoteness
Other
More than annual
Annual
2-4 yearly
Less than 5 yearly
Once only
Ad hoc
Detailed publication / report publicly available
Data cubes / spreadsheets publicly available
Agency annual report
Customised data - free upon request1
Customised data - charged consultancy1
Not published - may be available on request1
Not publicly available

[1] May be subject to release conditions

DETAILED METADATA

Contact

Data custodian: Northern Territory Department of Justice

Contact: Courts Liaison Officer, Court Support Services

Address: GPO Box 1722, Darwin, NT, 0801

Telephone: 08 8999 5512

Facsimile: n/a

Email: Malika.okeil@nt.gov.au

Internet: http://www.justice.nt.gov.au

Publications

Not routinely published.


Purpose

The purpose of Integrated Justice Information System is to record and manage justice information for police, courts and corrections from initial arrest and apprehension of a person through all court processes to final disposition including prisoner management.

Description

The Integrated Justice Information System is the core information system supporting justice processes in the Northern Territory, including Domestic Violence Orders.

Collection Type

Administrative by-product

Family and Domestic Violence related content (data items collected)

Data Item
Victim
Secondary victim
Offender
Demographics
Age
Sex
Indigenous Status
Disability
Country of Birth
Language spoken
Employment
Education
Income
Geography

Address (place of usual residence);
Court venue
Other

Marital status
Personal data item
Services used / referrals to services
counselling
legal
financial
housing
crisis
other
Health factors
pregnancy
alcohol use / substance use
mental illness
FDV-related perceptions
satisfaction with police response
seriousness/ regarded as criminal
whether problem in neighbourhood
feelings of safety / fear
Prior history of victimisation / offending
Known outcome
application for violence order
violence order issued
offender charged
offender went to court
offender found guilty
offender sentence type
child protection involvement
time off work / economic costs
medical treatment received / type
changed routine
other











Number of orders and applicants; Applicant type (police, courts, individual); Characteristics of non-court applicants (age, sex, Indigenous Status);
Breaches by penalty type (imprisonment, fine) 1
Other personal data items
1 No information is recorded on the nature of the DVO breach however all breaches are recorded as ‘engaged in behaviour which constitutes a breach of the DVO’.

Data Item
Incident
Location
home
workplace
school/place of education/institution
public place
other





Relationship between parties
married/de facto spouse
current / former partner/boyfriend/girlfriend
parent-child
sibling
other member of household
other relatives
relationships of personal or financial dependency
Weapon use
 type of weapon
Alcohol involved
Substance use involved
Physical injury sustained
type of injury
Reported to police
reasons for not reporting
Other


Definition of Family and Domestic Violence

No definition is stored, used or referred to in the courts Integrated Justice Information System. Similarly, there is no Domestic Violence flag attached to a court case. However, information entered into Integrated Justice Information System originates in the Police Real-time On-line Management Information System (PROMIS) which adheres to the definition prescribed in the Northern Territory’s Domestic and Family Violence Act (2009).

Aspects of FDV captured in the data are:
  • Physical abuse
  • Sexual abuse
  • Psychological / Emotional abuse
  • Economic abuse
  • Social abuse
  • Property damage
  • Harassment and Stalking

Relationship to Conceptual Framework for Family and Domestic Violence (Cat. No. 4529.0)

Conceptual Framework Element / Sub-element
Amount of Information Available
None
Some
Detailed
Context
Environmental Factors
Individual pyscho-social factors
Risk
Community prevalence
Community incidence
Understandings and acknowledgments of risk and safety
Incident
Responses
Informal responses
Formal system responses
Impacts/Outcomes
Programs, Research & Evaluation

Collection methodology

Data are entered into Integrated Justice Information System by police officers or court clerks. Clerks are trained to follow procedures for consistent and accurate recording. The checking process is a stringent one with well documented procedures.

The ‘principal penalty’ rule is used in Integrated Justice Information System. Where an individual is before the court for several offences, the penalty against which his/her case is recorded is the more serious one, for example, armed robbery and breach of DVO would reflect the penalty for armed robbery.

Scope / target population

All persons who have a Domestic Violence Order given to them by the Northern Territory courts.

Coverage

Where an individual is before the court for several offences, only the more serious penalty is recorded. As no Domestic Violence flag is attached to a court case and individuals with a more serious concurrent offence will not be counted as a Domestic Violence offence in Integrated Justice Information System data.

Geographic coverage and disaggregation

Northern Territory

Data are available for:
Northern Territory
Other – urban and remote
‘Court venue’ level.

Frequency / Timing

Annual

Collection history

Collection commenced: 2000

Breaks in series: no

Other details: n/a

Data availability / Dissemination

Data are available on request and a fee for service may be charged where a contract programmer is required to extract the data. Approval from the CEO or his/her delegate is required for release.

Other data sources held by this agency

Indigenous Family Violence Offender Program (IFVOP) statistics

Has this data source changed?
Contact the ABS to report updates or corrections to the information above.



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