Research and Public Policy Series

Data issues

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Violence against women in Australia : key research and data issues
Judy Putt and Karl Higgins
ISBN 0 642 24031 0 ; ISSN 1326-6004
Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 1997
(Research and Public Policy Series, no. 6)
{Cover title: Violence against women in Australia}

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Abstract

The focus of this chapter is on statistical data and difficulties associated with comparing and coordinating data. The authors summarise the major national, State and Territory data collections from the criminal justice and other sectors. Also presented are statistical tables of examples of the type of data available, including data not previously published. The final part of the chapter discusses problems in comparing data across jurisdictions and between organisations.