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VICTORIAN FAMILY VIOLENCE DATABASE


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Geographic Coverage	Frequency	Data Availability
National New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Northern Territory ACT 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

• Victoria Police family violence incident reports
• Victorian Magistrates’ and Children's Court finalised intervention order applications
• Victorian Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP)
• Victorian Public Hospital Emergency Departments
• The Department of Justice Victims of Crime Helpline
• The Department of Human Services Integrated Reporting and Information System (IRIS).

Data Item	Victim	Secondary victim (children)	Offender
Demographics
Age
Sex
Indigenous Status	1 4 5
Disability	1
Country of Birth	3 4
Language spoken	1 2 5
Employment
Education
Income
Geography	2 3 4 5
Other
Personal data item
Services used / referrals to services counselling legal financial housing crisis other	1 Victim programs3; Source of referral5	1	Referrals to offender programs3
Health factors pregnancy alcohol use / substance use mental illness	3 3 3
FDV-related perceptions satisfaction with police response seriousness/ regarded as criminal whether problem in neighbourhood feelings of safety / fear	3 3 3
Prior history of victimisation / offending	3
Known outcomes 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	2 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 5 2 3 5 See appendix for other outcomes
Other personal data items	Number of reports of DV1 2 3 4 5; Risk assessment3 5; Assessed future risk of violence3; Completed safety plan5; Assessed victim's level of fear3

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	2 3
Weapon use type of weapon
Alcohol involved Substance use involved	3 3
Physical injury sustained type of injury	4 6
Reported to police reasons for not reporting
Other	Family violence incidents where children are reported as present or affected 1 2 3 5

Violent, threatening, coercive or controlling behaviour in current or past familial, domestic or intimate relationships. This encompasses not only physical injury but direct or indirect threats, sexual assault, emotional and psychological torment, economic control, property damage, social isolation and behaviour which causes a person to live in fear. Family violence is committed primarily, though not exclusively, by men against women. This definition encompasses violence against children and between siblings and is not limited to criminal behaviours as identified in the Victorian Crimes (Family Violence) Act 1987.

• ‘violence’ includes behaviours that are physically or sexually abusive, emotionally, psychologically or economically abusive, threatening, coercive or which cause a person to fear for the safety or cause a child to hear or witness the above types of behaviours.
• ‘family member’ now includes a relationship between a person with a disability and the person’s carer where they are dependent on support.
  

• Physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Psychological /emotional abuse
• Verbal abuse
• Economic abuse
• Social abuse
• Property damage
• Harassment and stalking

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