Research and Public Policy Series

No. 6: 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
{Cover title: Violence against women in Australia}
$22.00 (including GST), soft cover. (plus postage and handling)

• Download Full Report as a single file (PDF 265kB)

Abstract

The 1995 Violence Against Women Indicators Project (VAWIP) comprehensively reviewed research, data and information relating to violence against women. This report on the activities of the first year of VAWIP presents summaries of Australian research, the data currently available (including a list of significant data collections), and domestic violence legislation. It also makes recommendations concerning key research and data issues.

Contents

• Title, contents, abbreviations, acknowledgments and preface (PDF 39kB)
• Introduction (PDF 28kB)
• Overview of Australian research
• Data issues
• Summary and conclusions (PDF 19kB)
• Appendix 1 : References (PDF 36kB)
• Appendix 2 : Significant routine data collections
• Appendix 3 : Protection order legislation
• Appendix 4 : Indicators of violence against women