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Foreword | The benefits associated with focusing strategies and interventions on family violence offenders early in their offending careers are well established. Yet accurately identifying first-time family violence perpetrators is difficult because of the high under-reporting of family violence. This study involved the analysis of police narratives completed for first-time family violence perpetrators, as identified through police offence records to determine their accuracy in identifying first-time family violence offenders.

Foreword | International surveys have suggested that around one-third of all adult women will, at some point in their lifetime, experience abuse perpetrated by an intimate male partner. Domestic violence is considered to be one of the major risk factors affecting women’s health in Australia and there is a need for the community to respond in ways that reduce the likelihood of further violence occurring. One way of doing this is to deliver programs that aim to reduce the risk of known perpetrators committing further offences.

Foreword | Informal support systems play an important role in assisting primary victims cope with their experience post-crime. The experience of primary victims can have a vicarious impact on the individuals who comprise these support systems. This research explores the impact of child sexual assault on a sample of 26 non-offending parents, with a particular focus on examining the link between a parent’s thoughts and feelings about the assault and their subsequent support of, and assistance to, the primary victim.

This paper is taken from the report of research undertaken with the assistance of a grant from the Criminology Research Council.

This paper is taken from the report of research undertaken with the assistance of a grant from the Criminology Research Advisory Council.

Papers from a seminar held on 7 February 1996, Canberra.

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The paper "Suburb Boundaries and Residential Burglars" released by the Australian Institute of Criminology reveals that, during the study period, over three-quarters (77 per cent) of residential burglary offenders in the ACT committed offences in suburbs other than their home neighbourhood. Additionally, 58 per cent of residential burglary offenders travelled across more than one suburb boundary to commit their offence.

29 April-2 May 1975

Contents

Papers of the seminar

• Planning to prevent future crime
  W. Clifford
• The community implications of growth
  A. Gorman

Appendix I

• Report on the seminar
  J. Noble

Appendix II

• Workshop groups

Appendix III

• List of participants

Appendix IV

• Bibliography

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) is Australia’s national research and knowledge centre on crime and justice, compiling trend data and disseminating research and policy advice. The AIC informs crime and justice policy and practice in Australia by undertaking, funding and disseminating policy-relevant research of national significance, by generating a crime and justice evidence base, and by establishing a national knowledge centre.

Proceedings of a seminar held 24-27 June 1985

Contents

• Editors' preface
• Welcoming address
  
  David Biles
• Opening address
  
  Neville J. Harper
• Nature and extent of burglary in Australia
  
  Satyanshu K. Mukherjee
• Break and enter offenders in South Australia
  
  Ian Crettenden
• Break and enter offences in South Australia: a police perspective
  
  F.A. Richardson and A. French
• Breaking and entering: the plague of modern society
  
  K.G. Barlow

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