On Sunday the 22-09-13 at around 2.30 am three male offenders aged around twenty years forced their way into a home on Garfield Street in Cheltenham. A scuffle then ensured between the three offenders and the two male occupants during which one of the occupants was shot and sustained serious injuries and was treated in…
DetailsA new study that interviewed more than 1,500 married or cohabitating opposite-sex couples in California conducted by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health found that: Men who regularly drank at parties away from their home were more likely to be violent toward their partners. Women were more violent when their husbands and…
DetailsDomestic violence is a common problem that can happen in any home regardless of race, religion, economic status and location. Profile of Abusers Becomes paranoid whenever under stress Refuses to believe that violent behaviour brings out negative consequences Isolates himself socially and shows bouts of low self -esteem Strongly imposes traditional gender roles for families…
DetailsA new survey funded by the Avon Foundation for Women found that more than half of American’s interviewed said they have never discussed sexual assault or domestic violence with their friends. 22% of Americans say that they have been a victim of domestic violence and 13% report being the victim of sexual assault. The data…
DetailsOn Tuesday the 24th September 2013 at around midday a male entered a Jewellery Shop located within the Murray Street Preston Shopping Centre and used a hammer to smash a glass display cabinet and steal jewellery before fleeing. The offender was driven from the shopping centre by an accomplice in an older white Mitsubishi Magna…
DetailsOn the 24-09-13 at around 5.20 am a male offender was involved in an armed robbery at the Melbourne Airport. Following a short pursuit police arrested a twenty-six-year-old male in Essendon some twenty minutes later who was remanded to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in December.
On Monday the 23-09-13 a thirty-nine-year-old male robbed the bank in Moe with a firearm. The offender was promptly arrested by police and charged with armed robbery and remanded in custody to appear at the Latrobe Magistrates Court. If you have been a victim of crime at work call 1800 000 055 or (03) 9415…
DetailsOn Saturday the 21-09-13 at around 3.00 am two men were walking along Chapel Street in Prahran when they passed two men of African appearance walking in the opposite direction. The two assailants then turned around and attacked the victims from behind punching them to the head and face. Both victims suffered facial injuries and…
DetailsOn Friday the 20-09-13 at around 7.30 pm a thirty-four-year-old male was physically assaulted outside a hotel on Durham Road in Sunshine. The victim had been drinking inside the hotel with his girlfriend when he was asked to leave by security staff before being ejected onto the street. The victim was then approached by an…
DetailsLancaster University researchers have found that domestic abuse increases during England World Cup football matches – especially if the team lose. Domestic abuse rose by 38% in Lancashire when the England team played and lost and increased by 26% when the England national team played and won or drew compared with days when there was…
DetailsAn anniversary march for Jill Meagher is to be held on 29-09-13 at midday along Sydney Road in Brunswick. Organizes describe the march as an opportunity for people to once again come together in “peaceful defiance”. Since the murder and rape on the 22-09-12 thousands of people have left flowers at the crime scene, painted…
DetailsBill Shorten, Labor Party leadership hopeful, has pledged to work towards standard laws across Australia for family violence. He said that “there should be common definitions of what constitutes domestic violence across the country.” Last year incidents of domestic violence in Victoria increased by 20% to 60,829 and Intervention Orders and Family Violence Safety notices…
DetailsOn Sunday the 1st September 2013 at around 12.40 am an argument broke out between four men waiting at a taxi rank outside a hotel on Wellington Parade in East Melbourne. One of the males was punched to the head and face and knocked to the ground where he was kicked several times to the…
DetailsOn the 17-09-13 just after 3.00 am a male victim in his thirties was walking along Dandenong Road in North Caulfield when he was assaulted by a male offender with a hammer and attempted to be robbed. Police believe that a dark coloured sedan pulled over and a male armed with the hammer as well…
DetailsOn Wednesday 11 September 2013 at around 6.30 pm a masked male assailant armed with a machete entered the Tallintyre Road Supermarket in Sunshine and demanded cash. One of the staff members quickly handed over an amount of cash to the assailant whom then fled. Police are appealing for anyone who noticed the offender loitering outside…
DetailsJust after midnight on Monday the 16-09-13 a man was shot on Waterfield Road in Coburg. The thirty-six-year-old victim received gunshot wounds to his lower body and was treated at the Royal Melbourne hospital with non life threatening injuries. If you have been a victim of a shooting or other serious crime call 1800 000…
DetailsOn Thursday the 12-09-13 during the afternoon it is alleged that four females entered Vermont Secondary College and threatened a student with a pair of scissors. Victoria Police attended and questioned the four females over the incident.
For victim support call: 1800 000 055.
On the 11-09-13 at around 6.30 pm two offenders, with one offender wielding a large knife, entered the Freedom Petrol Station in Sale on the corner Raglan Street and York Street and threatened the attendant before stealing cash from the till and fleeing on foot.
For victims support call: 1800 000 055.
The Victims Register was created in 2004 in Victoria whose function is to notify registered victims when their offender is due for parole or placed on a supervision order. Over 50,000 offences, such as murder, sexual or physical assault, aggravated burglary, stalking, kidnapping and culpable driving occur in Victoria each year with victims of these…
DetailsViolence against women not only causes significant physical and psychological harm to the direct victims but it also has a significant indirect financial cost including: The costs of purchasing physical and mental health care for victims of violence. The cost of women’s lost labour. The cost of the provision of temporary and permanent housing. The…
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