domestic violence remains a problem trending upwards,a Police Minister Mike Gallacher said in a statement.However, bureau director Dr Don Weatherburn said the spike could be seasonal.aDomestic violence does increase in summer and go down in winter as men drink more in summer and seem to get in...
Students at Mount St Benedict College in Sydney's north-west have already been doing their bit to raise awareness about domestic violence. Last year they made a one-minute video which went viral — and is now being used by NSW Police in their education campaign. Lizzie, a 16-year-...
Domestic violence is an issue that permeates all levels of society. It is difficult to accurately estimate the true incidence of domestic violence in society as most incidents are not reported to police and some victims may attempt to deny or hide its reality. Access Economics believes that appr...
Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate what proportion of domestic violence (DV) victims who seek help from DV services choose not to report the violence to police and to investigate factors and reasons associated with non-reporting. Method: Data was collected by interviewing 300 victims...
Family and domestic violence NGO: Non-government organisations. Organisations which are independent of Government bodies NGO15: Policy document used in analysis NSW: New South Wales (state within Australia) NSW06: Policy document used in analysis ...
Family and domestic violence NGO: Non-government organisations. Organisations which are independent of Government bodies NGO15: Policy document used in analysis NSW: New South Wales (state within Australia) NSW06: Policy document used in analysis ...
Violence in a home can be damaging to someone’s self-esteem, can cause children to be involved in such danger, and it can result in a cause of death depending on how violent the situation is in that family. Domestic violence is something that families should not have to go through, but...
Experience working alcohol and other drug treatment, family and domestic violence or other residential programs. 4 x PAID Mental Health Days per year. Female Personal Care Worker [Personal Travel to Tumut Required] New Right At Home Southern NSW3.6 Tumut NSW Typically responds within 3 days Assis...
To ensure safety and protection from DFV a second Act, the NT Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007, introduced mandatory reporting of any DFV events to the police, including the reporting of children who experience or are exposed to DFV (Northern Territory Government, 2007). Within the Act, ...
Exploring gender differences in domestic violence reported to the NSW Police ForceWhether men and women are equally violent in their intimate relationships has animated considerable debate in the scholarly literature, and increasingly, in policy and law reform processes. This debate about the gendered ...