Victims of Crime Compensation Fund Defrauded of over $1million

A former employee of the South Australian Attorney-General’s Department is being investigated for more than twenty counts of abuse of public office involving the misappropriation of more than $1 million from the Victims of Crime Compensation Fund. Six men have also been arrested over allegations of misappropriation of money from the South Australian Victims of…

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Home Invasion – Dandenong North

On the 09-09-12 at around 10.30 pm three assailants broke into a home in Dandenong North terrifying the forty-year-old woman, seventeen-year-old girl and a one-year-old baby residents who locked themselves in a room during the attack. The assailants demanded that one of the victims come outside but did not. The assailants extensively damaged two motor…

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Breach of Intervention Order – Montmorency – Victoria

On Sunday the 09-09-12 at around 12.45 am a forty-seven-year-old male breached an Intervention Order in Montmorency armed with a gun. The occupant asked the offender to leave and he did. Police quickly searched the area but failed to locate the offender. If you have been the victim of Breach of Intervention Order contact Victims…

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Domestic Violence – Paid Leave Award – Metro Train

Staff at Metro train who experience domestic violence will receive paid leave to attend medical, legal and other appointments. Luba Grigorovitch, Union Organiser, said female members first raised domestic violence as a growing concern some two years ago. A spokeswoman for Metro said that the company wanted the best for its staff. Municipal Councils, including…

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Minimum Two Year Sentences for Young Offenders in Victoria

Recently Victoria’s Attorney-General, Robert Clark, and Community Services Minister, Mary Wooldridge, launched a discussion paper on youth diversion which called for an expansion of diversion programs for juveniles who commit offences. The Coalition has said that they will still push ahead with minimum two-year sentences for young offenders guilty of intentionally or recklessly causing serious…

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Victoria’s Homicide Rate 2011 – 2012

Victoria’s rate of murder and manslaughter has climbed by 44% during 2011 – 2012, equaling NSW. Homicides, according to Criminologists, can be a reliable benchmark for crime since they have high reporting rates and are generally immune to police operations. In most murder cases in Victoria they were related to domestic violence or the victim…

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Sexual Abuse – Better reporting called for by Victoria’s state Coroner

Following the recent inquest into the death of a thirty-four-year-old man who was shot and dismembered by his eighteen-year-old stepdaughter, who he had sexually abused for 4 years, in 2008 the coroner recommended that the Education Department improve training to teachers to be better able to recognise child sex abuse. It is estimated that the…

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News for Victims of Crime: Physical Assault – Melbourne CBD – Victoria

On Saturday the 09-09-12 at around 5.00 am a violent altercation erupted between a group of men in Queen Street. Two men were stabbed, a nineteen-year-old, who was treated at The Alfred Hospital, and a twenty-year-old -year-old, who was treated at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, while a third nineteen-year-old male received head injuries and was…

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News for Victims of Crime: Car-jacking – Geelong – Victoria

On Friday the 07-09-12 at around 3.45 pm two male assailants, aged twenty-four and twenty-six years, car-jacked a motor vehicle in Geelong following a collision and demanded to be driven to another location. The assailants were soon apprehended and charged with theft of a motor vehicle as well as false imprisonment and threats to kill.…

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Victims of Crime Statistics for Victoria 2011 – 2012

Victoria Police recorded 391,325 offences in 2011 to 2012, an increase of 8.2% from the previous year. Of the 391,325 offences 168,200 were cleared within the same financial year, a clearance rate of 51.7%. Victoria Police processed 178,897 alleged offenders 10.6% more than the previous year. 208,100 persons were recorded as victims of crime, an…

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