4533.0 - Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2011  
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Overview of the Conceptual Framework for Family and Domestic Violence OVERVIEW OF THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

SUMMARY

The Conceptual Framework for Family and Domestic Violence, 2009 (cat. no. 4529.0) is summarised in Diagram 1 below. It illustrates relationships between the key concepts and processes that exist between the elements and delineates these elements as: Context, Risk, Incident, Responses, Impacts and Outcomes, and Programs, Research and Evaluation.

The diagram does not represent the flows of individuals or linear interactions with the system, as these can occur in many different orders or combinations depending on the individual or situation. Rather, the arrows that join the various elements of enquiry when examining FDV represent the links or influences that can exist between each element and many different relationships can occur between these concepts. For example, the arrow between Context and Risk indicates that the contextual factors for an individual - whether these be environmental or psychosocial - can impact on the level of perceived or actual risk or likelihood of a person being an FDV victim or offender. As a further example, a victim's response to FDV, whether through formal or informal channels, can moderate the extent or magnitude of the impacts or outcomes for them; or the impacts and outcomes may equally affect whether a victim ultimately chooses to seek services.

In this directory, data sources have been listed against each FDV Framework element and sub-element to which the dataset relates. It is important to note that the conceptual flows described by the Framework cannot be directly translated into causal relationships between data or datasets. Differences in methodology, reference period, definitions, geographical context, etc need to be considered when assessing the comparability of data sources.

Diagram 1: A Conceptual Framework for Family and Domestic Violence

Individual psycho-social factors Environmental factors Context Risk Programs, Research and Evaluation Impacts/Outcomes Responses Informal Responses Formal Responses Community Prevalence Community Incidence Understandings and acknowledgements of risk and safety Diagram: shows the elements, sub-elements and flows captured described by the Conceptual Framework for Family and Domestic Violence (ABS cat. no. 4529.0)`




This section contains the following subsection :
      Context
      Risk
      Incident
      Responses
      Impacts/outcomes
      Programs, evaluation and research

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