Measuring the extent of domestic violence
By: Anna Ferrante ... [et al.] ; the Crime Research Centre, the University of Western Australia.
Contributors: Ferrante, Anna, 1963-; University of Western Australia. Crime Research Centre.
Publisher: Hawkins Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Family violence -- Australia -- Western Australia.; Family violence -- Australia -- Western Australia -- Statistics.
Description: "The information collated and analysed is as follows: police recorded crime statistics, hospital admission records, police emergency calls data, police local data in an area of Western Australia where the Duluth project was being replicated, the Centre's own three tiered victims' survey, Court restraining orders, women's refuge or shelter data, and crisis intervention data from the Department of Community Development. Interstingly, the book also discusses the extent of domestic violence against men and particular attention is also paid to the position of Aborigines and rural Western Australian inhabitants." -- back cover.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [112]-121.