On the 25-06-17 the Victoria Police Family Violence Taskforce charged a thirty-eight-year-old man with 122 offences including serious family violence-related assaults, sexual assault, unlawful imprisonment & kidnapping dating back to 1994 & involving multiple victims. The Family Violence Taskforce was formed in October 2015 to extend & complement the work of frontline police. The taskforce…
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From 2012 to 2013 there have been more than 60,000 family violence cases reported to Victoria Police, an increase of 21.6%. Family violence accounted for more than 30% of all crimes against the person and is partly responsible for a 12.5% increase in abductions and kidnappings during the past financial year. According to police 40%…
DetailsA new study by the University of Illinois involving 1,200 students found that boys exposed to family violence become increasingly aggressive toward their peers at school and that this aggression is associated with greater levels of alcohol and drug use over time. The study also found that while family violence more directly influences girls’ alcohol and…
DetailsDuring 2011 -2012 there were over 4000 reported incidents of family violence perpetrated by a child under the age of eighteen-years against another family member, with mothers are most at risk with about 80% cent of offenders being male. Stephen Fontana, Police Assistant Commissioner, expects this number to surge by a further thousand this year…
DetailsCrimes against a person reached a ten year high, with almost 40% of such crimes related to family violence. Family Violence related offences accounted for 38.6% of crime against the person. Crimes against the person rose 7.4%. Crimes involving weapons, explosives and bad behaviour in public places rose by 20.8%. The rate of drug offending…
DetailsThe National Australia Bank (NAB) has just announced that it will be offering its staff, more than half of whom are women, paid Domestic Violence Leave. The NAB is the largest private employer to do so to date now making over one million Australian workers able to access such leave. Lynda Dean of the NAB…
DetailsFrom March 2012 to March 2013 there were 1049 assaults in the City of Moreland and more than half were as a result of Family Violence. Dean McGowan, Moreland Police Inspector, described the increase in family violence was a ‘worrying trend’. He said that violence against women is intolerable and that everyone should stand up…
Details51,000 reported family violence incidents from 2011 to 2012. 64,000 reported family violence incidents estimated for 2012 to 2013. Ken Lay, Chief Commissioner, has said that family violence in on the rise and that the problem could not be solved by police alone. He said that recidivism rate is high and that the true extent…
DetailsFarrah Tomazin; The Age Newspaper: 10-02-13 PARENTS are increasingly being attacked by their own children, with some cases so vicious the victims end up in hospital or take out restraining orders to protect themselves. Figures show Victoria Police were called to 4017 family violence incidents over the past 12 months where an adolescent was the…
DetailsA recent coronial report into family violence deaths released by State Coroner, Jennifer Coate, revealed that there were some 545 homicides among family members and intimate partners between 2000 and 2010, with 75% of deaths in metropolitan areas and 25% from regional Victoria. The Office of Public Prosecutions, in a separate domestic violence report, indicated…
DetailsVictims of domestic abuse are confronted by many challenges in their dealings with the Victorian legal system. Whilst the Victorian judicial system have made several changes to attempt to facilitate access to justice, it needs to continue to reform in order to ensure victims of violence achieve justice, in a timely and sensitive fashion. A…
DetailsOn Friday the 23-11-12 about 1000 people marked against domestic violence in the Melbourne CBD. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology around sixty women are killed each year by a partner. VicHealth reported domestic violence as being ‘the leading contributor to death, disability and illness in women aged from fifteen to forty-four years. Ken…
DetailsFamily incident related crime has increased by 288% since 2003. Approximately 40% of assaults 25% of rapes are family violence related. In 2011 – 2012 there were 16,047 physical assaults, 1229 sexual assaults and 483 rapes arising from family violence. Ken Lay, Chief Commissioner, said that …’it is an unfortunate reflection of some attitudes in…
DetailsThe Ringwood Magistrates Court has recently opened “safe room” where victims of family violence can wait away from offenders. Victims who are forced to wait in the same court area as the offender for their matter to be called often find themselves being threatened and intimidated. Community Law Australia representative, Hugh de Kretser, said that…
DetailsTed Baillieu, Victorian Premier, has unveiled a plan to curb family violence. The plan contains initiatives such as working with schools to incorporate more respectful relationships. Working with the media on reporting domestic violence. As well as creating community awareness of domestic violence and how to respond. Premier Baillieu said “violence against women and children…
DetailsPremier Ted Baillieu in September 2012 announced new funding measures to address family violence and sexual assault: $9.25 million for additional family violence counselling. $3.75 million for sexual assault counselling. $3 million for men’s behaviour changes programs. This is in addition to the $85 million already provided in the 2012-13 to address family violence and…
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