On the 03-02-12 at around 10.00 pm an eighteen-year-old male was seriously physically assaulted while walking to a friend’s home in Wantirna South. The victim said that the three assailants approached him as he walked past the skate park and then attacked him for no apparent reason. He said that the assailants appeared intoxicated. The [...]
[ Read More ]Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services - Victoria, Australia
Victims of Crime Counselling and Compensation Services Victoria provides a free, prompt and professional compensation & counselling referral and support service to victims of crime.
Crime Compensation can be up to $100,000.00. Compensation to a primary victim of crime can be to $70,000.00 and a secondary victim of crime to $60,000.00.
Complete our ONLINE ENQUIRY FORM NOW for immediate assistance or CALL 1800 000 055 for advice.
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Victims of Crime Eligibility:
Victims of crime may be eligible for crime compensation and other support services if:
- You are the victim and have been directly injured as the result of a crime
- You have suffered either physically or psychologically by the crime
- The crime was reported to police and you have a police statement
- The crime was committed in the last two years in Victoria, Australia*
- You are related to a victim of crime
Crimes that have impacted victims may include : physical assault, sexual assault, domestic violence, domestic abuse, armed robbery, violent robbery, aggravated burglary, child abuse, child sexual abuse, indecent assault, home invasion, stalking, threats to kill, workplace assault, murder, culpable driving, dangerous driving, road rage, breach of an intervention order or any other violent crime committed against a person. Matters such as childhood sexual abuse and ongoing domestic violence may have occurred beyond two years*.
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Tag Archive for 'physical assault'
On the 20-02-12 sometime before 9.30 pm a twenty-six-year-old male was walking home after visiting friends when he was confronted by a group of men who glassed him and knocked him unconscious causing face and head injuries and he was later treated at the Dandenong Hospital. If you have been the victim of a physical [...]
[ Read More ]On the 17-01-12 at around 3.55 pm a seventeen-year-old St. Albans boy was assaulted in the CBD after stepping off a tram suffering facial fractures. The victim reported being concussed and unable to recall details of the incident. In you have been the victim of a physical assault or similar crime in Victoria contact Victims [...]
[ Read More ]On the 05-02-12 the thirty-three-year-old Indian man was attacked by a group of unknown male assailants who quickly fled the scene. The victim sustained a broken jaw which was surgically treated at the St Vincent’s Hospital. In you have been the victim of a physical assault or similar crime contact Victims of Crime Counselling & [...]
[ Read More ]On the 02-02-12 an off-duty senior police officer was attacked by two male assailants and one female assailant with a piece of timber and bricks and sustained face and upper body injuries after having previously spoken to two people regarding alleged drug activity at the Reservoir station. Transit police are calling for witnesses to this serious [...]
[ Read More ]At around 6.40 am on the 20-01-12 a young woman was standing at a bus stop when a male assailant riding a bike approached her and grabbed her handbag and a struggle ensued during which the assailant stabbed the woman’s arm with a screw driver before fleeing empty handed on his bike. Fortunately the victim [...]
[ Read More ]At around 3.00 pm on the 12-02-12 a male offender allegedly attempted to remove the sixty-three-year-old victim’s wallet from his pocked resulting in a struggle. A forty-four-year-old woman came the victim’s aid and was punched to the face by a female offender. The assailants then alighted from the tram followed by the male victim and [...]
[ Read More ]On the 06-11-11 at around 4:15 pm a passing motorist witnessed a collision between a small green hatchback and a parked motor vehicle and when he stopped and alighted in order to record the offender’s motor vehicle registration he was assaulted, including being kick to the back, by the offender. In Victoria in 2010 there [...]
[ Read More ]On the 01-01-12 at around 12:50 am two teenage youths approached the victim at the Newport Railway Station and after a verbal altercation the victim was struck to the head with a glass bottle resulting in lacerations to his head and face. The assailants then left the station with a group of others Railway stations [...]
[ Read More ]CCTV has been shown to be a very effective tool in both the arrest of offenders and in the criminal justice system to assist with conviction and sentencing. A recent incident in Richmond involved a victim who was lost and who was subsequently directed by the assailant to a secluded location where the assailant proceeded [...]
[ Read More ]A recent study has shown that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder is a predictor of suicide. Individuals exposed to trauma, such as a physical assault, and go on to develop PTSD, are up to three times more likely to attempt suicide compared with those individuals who did not develop PTSD. Treatment considerations for those individuals suffering from PTSD should therefore [...]
[ Read More ]In 2005 to 2006 Australians expenditure on the criminal justice system was around $8.5 Billion. In 2006 there were over 200,000 violent crimes in Australia. Physical assaults represent the majority of violent crimes, with an increase of 50% between 1996 to 2006 to over 170,000 physical assaults. Physical assaults are most likely to occur in [...]
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