4533.0 - Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2013  
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Contact details
Purpose
Description
Definition of family and domestic violence
Relationship to Defining the data challenge for family, domestic and sexual violence (cat. no. 4529.0)
Family and domestic violence related content (data items collected)
Collection methodology
Scope / Target population
Coverage
Data availability / Dissemination
Publications
Collection history
Other directory data sources held by this agency

INTEGRATED JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM (IJIS): DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER APPLICATIONS AND BREACHES (2013 provider updates not received)

DASHBOARD METADATA

Collection typeGeographic coverageFrequencyData availability
  • Administrative by-product
  • Northern Territory
  • Ad hoc
  • Customised data - charged consultancy 1
[1] May be subject to release conditions

DETAILED METADATA

Contact details

Data custodianNorthern Territory Department of Justice
Contact Courts Liaison Officer, Court Support Services
AddressGPO Box 1722, Darwin, NT, 0801
Telephone08 8999 5512
Facsimile n/a
EmailMalika.okeil@nt.gov.au
Internethttp://www.justice.nt.gov.au
Source linkn/a
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.

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 family and domestic violence captured in the data are:
  • physical abuse;
  • sexual abuse;
  • psychological / emotional abuse;
  • economic abuse;
  • social abuse;
  • property damage; and
  • harassment and stalking

RELATIONSHIP TO DEFINING THE DATA CHALLENGE FOR FAMILY, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE (cat. no. 4529.0)

The summary table below is designed to indicate the amount of information available for each of the six elements outlined in Defining the Data Challenge for Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence, 2013 (cat. no. 4529.0). This is a subjective assessment made by the ABS about the data collected and is not an indication of data quality.

Conceptual Framework
Amount of Information Available
Element/Sub–element
Some
Detailed
Context
Environmental factors
Psycho-social factors
Risk
Community prevalence
Community incidence
Incident/event
Responses
Formal responses
Informal responses
Impacts/Outcomes
Programs, Research & Evaluation
FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RELATED CONTENT (data items collected)

The following tables provide a detailed analysis of the availability of specified data elements in the data source. The data items have been grouped into four counting units:
1. Context;
2. Person;
3. Incident/Event; and
4. Transaction.

Tables are absent from the entry in cases where the data source contains no data items which relate to the particular counting unit/s.

Context

Please note: This data source does not contain any data items relevant to this counting unit.
Person

Data Items
Victim
Perpetrator
Secondary
Residential location
Age
Sex
Indigenous status
Disability status
Country of birth
Language spoken
Employment status
Education
Income
Socio-economic status
Mental illness
Other: (marital status)
Incident/event

Data Items
Available
Location of incident/event
Residential location
Workplace
Educational institution
Public Place
Other Location
Relationship between parties
Current partner
Previous partner
Boyfriend/girlfriend/date
Parent
Child
Sibling
Other relatives
Other member of household
Personal/financial dependency
Other
Other Characteristics
Weapon used
Type of weapon
Physical injury sustained
Type of injury sustained
Pregnancy
Alcohol/substance use
Prior history of victimisation/offending
Change to routine
Time off work/economic costs
Perceptions of behaviour as criminal
Other
Transaction

Data Items
Available
Detection
Reported to police
Reasons not reported to police
Satisfaction with police response
Application for violence order
Violence order issued
Offender charged
Offender went to court
Offender sentence type
Child protection involvement
Other (Number of orders and applicants / applicant type and characteristics / breaches by penalty type)
Formal support
Services used/referral to services
Medical treatment/type
Counselling
Legal
Financial
Housing/accommodation
Crisis
Other
Informal Support
Family/friends
Minister/priest
Telephone service
Other
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.

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.

PUBLICATIONS

Not routinely published

COLLECTION HISTORY

Collection commenced: 2000

Break in series: no

Other details: n/a

OTHER DIRECTORY DATA SOURCES HELD BY THIS AGENCY

Indigenous Family Violence Offender Program (IFVOP) statistics