This report is a source document on statistics and trends in family violence in Victoria, for the period 1999-2010. It provides information on: the prevalence of family violence, victim-offender relationships, characteristics of adult victims, characteristics of child victims, disabled people and family violence, culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, Indigenous people, older people, risk indicators, and emergency hospitalisation. Background information on the development of the Victorian Family Violence Database, the underreporting of family violence, and data collection issues is also included. The database draws on case files from the police, courts, supported accommodation services, hospital emergency departments, and crime helplines.
2. The development of the Victorian Family Violence Database
3. Family violence reporting and barriers to seeking assistance
4. Data and the Victorian Family Violence Database
5. Overview of the victims and perpetrators of family violence
6. Adult victims of family violence
7. Child victims of family violence
8. Known disability among those involved in family violence
9. Family violence patients presenting to the emergency department of the Victorian hospital system
10. Members of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities who have experienced family violence
11. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who have experienced family violence
12. Family violence: the nature of the violence, risk assessment and risk management
13. Older Australians and family violence incidents
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