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Family / domestic violence statistics
Women's experiences of current intimate partner violence during the previous 12 months by controlling behaviours (n=5,074)
Source: Australian Institute of Criminology 2004. Controlling behaviours of male partners. Crime facts info no. 85, 16 November. http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/cfi/cfi085.html
Further information
International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS)
The International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS) was conducted across Australia between December 2002 and June 2003. A total of 6,677 women aged between 18 and 69 years participated in the survey, and provided information on their experiences of physical and sexual violence. The report, Women's experiences of male violence : findings from the Australian component of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS) (Jenny Mouzos and Toni Makkai, 2004), describes the type of violence (including threats of violence) by current and former intimate male partners, other known males, such as relatives, friends and acquaintances, and strangers. It also examines women's reported experiences of childhood violence, as well as their perceptions and reactions to the violence they experienced.
- Chapter 2: Prevalence and severity of violence
- Chapter 3: Intimate partner violence, severity and correlates of victimisation
- Full report: Women's experiences of male violence : findings from the Australian component of the International Violence Against Women Survey (IVAWS)
Other publications and data sources
Australia
- Australian statistics
Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse - Analysis of family violence incidents July 2003 - June 2004
Natalie Taylor (commissioned AIC report for ACT policing - AFP), 2006 - Trends and patterns in domestic violence assaults (PDF 137kB)
Julie People. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2005 - Facts and figures about domestic and family violence in Australia (PDF 100kB)
Veronica Wensing. WESNET and Women Australia, 2004 - Measuring violence against women : a review of the literature and statistics
Janet Phillips and Malcolm Park. Australian Parliamentary Library, 2004 - Family homicide in Australia | Fact sheet
Jenny Mouzos and Catherine Rushforth, 2003 - Measuring the tides of violence : current family violence data for the Western Region of Melbourne (PDF 1.07MB) | Appendices (PDF 250KB)
Western Region Network Against Family Violence (Vic), 2003 - Family violence by LGA 2004-05
Victoria Police - Top 50 NSW Local Government Areas for domestic violence :2006|2005 | 2004
New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research - Violence in the family : crime statistics bulletin
Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland, 1998
Canada
- Family violence in Canada : a statistical profile
Statistics Canada
United Kingdom
- Domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking : findings from the British Crime Survey (PDF 562kB)
Sylvia Walby and Jonathan Allen. Home Office (UK), 2004
United States
- Family violence : facts and figures
National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Family violence statistics : including statistics on strangers and acquaintances
Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005 - Extent, nature, and consequences of intimate partner violence : findings from the national violence against women survey
National Institute of Justice (US), 2000