flagged they were more likely to be a generalist perpetrator. FV perpetrators with at least one FV incident at which a child or children were present were more likely to be generalists than FV perpetrators with no FV incidents at which a child or children were present. Table 1. Perpetrator characteristics of generalist and specialist perpetrators, October 2011 to September 2016 Generalist Perpetrator Specialist Perpetrator n % n % p Age group1 2 Under 20 20-29 30-39 40 or 2,627 5,315 4,259 3,029 55.9 53.0 40.6 24.6 2,073 4,706 6,235 9,294 44.1 47.0 59.4 75.4 <.0001 Sex2 Male Female 12,410 2,890 43.1 31.7 16,401 6,221 56.9 68.3 <.0001 Indigenous Status2 Non-Indigenous Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 12,760 1,107 42.4 69.4 17,326 487 57.6 30.6 <.0001 Number of FV incidents, 2012 to 2016 1 2-5 6 or more 4,115 7,146 4,053 22.8 48.1 77.9 13,919 7,727 1,147 77.2 51.9 22.1 <.0001 Recorded offence/s associated with FV incident/s At least one None 10,427 4,887 53.1 26.5 9,218 13,575 46.9 73.5 <.0001 Crimes against the person offence/s associated with FV incident/s At least one None 8,906 6,408 53.3 29.9 7,793 15,000 46.7 70.1 <.0001 Property and deception offence/s associated with FV incident/s At least one None 5,164 10,150 70.0 33.0 2,210 20,583 30.0 67.0 <.0001 Drug offence/s associated with FV incident/s At least one None 749 14,565 85.0 39.1 132 22,661 15.0 60.9 <.0001 Public order and security offence/s associated with FV incident/s 1,089 78.1 305 21.9 <.0001
No incidents History of threatening to kill AFM At least one incident No incidents 1,692 13,622 78.9 37.9 453 22,340 21.1 62.1 <.0001 History of threatening to harm AFM At least one incident No incidents 3,677 11,637 73.5 35.2 1,329 21,464 26.5 64.8 <.0001 History of threatening to harm children At least one incident No incidents 517 14,797 66.8 39.6 257 22,536 33.2 60.4 <.0001 History of threatening to harm other family members At one incident No incidents 1,256 14,058 80.3 38.5 309 22,484 19.7 61.5 <.0001 History of threatening to harm pets At least one incident No incidents 190 15,124 78.5 39.9 52 22,741 21.5 60.1 <.0001 Previous FV incident as a perpetrator At least one incident No incidents 12,698 2,616 52.2 19.0 11,613 11,180 47.8 81.0 <.0001 5. Relationship risk factors recorded at family incidents involving generalist and specialist perpetrators, October 2011 to September 2016 Generalist Perpetrator Specialist Perpetrator n % n % p Recent separation At least one incident No incidents 6,953 8,361 47.9 35.4 7,562 15,231 52.1 64.6 <.0001 Escalation – increase in severity and/or frequency At least one incident No incidents 5,539 9,775 59.8 33.9 3,725 19,068 40.2 66.1 <.0001 Presence of a disability At least one incident No incidents 1,112 14,202 52.7 39.5 999 21,794 47.3 60.5 <.0001 Financial difficulties At least one incident No incidents 4,466 10,848 55.6 36.1 3,571 19,222 44.4 63.9 <.0001 Pregnancy/new birth At one incident 2,447 58.6 1,726 41.4 <.0001
No incidents 12,867 37.9 21,067 62.1 AFM not fearful At one incident No incidents 12,060 3,254 42.9 32.5 16,045 6,748 57.1 67.5 <.0001 AFM fearful At least one incident No incidents 9,723 5,591 52.4 28.6 8,840 13,953 47.6 71.4 <.0001 AFM very fearful At least one incident No incidents 4,740 10,574 60.4 34.9 3,107 19,686 39.6 65.1 <.0001 Table 6. Incident characteristics recorded at family incidents involving generalist and specialist perpetrators, October 2011 to September 2016 Generalist Perpetrator Specialist Perpetrator n % n % p Children present At least one incident No incidents 8,527 6,787 44.6 35.8 10,605 12,188 55.4 64.2 <.0001 Physical abuse (indictable) At least one incident No incidents 2,954 12,360 72.3 36.3 1,133 21,660 27.7 63.7 <.0001 Physical abuse (summary) At least one incident No incidents 4,186 11,128 65.8 35.1 2,175 20,618 34.2 64.9 <.0001 Sexual abuse At least one incident No incidents 422 14,892 58.6 39.8 298 22,495 41.4 60.2 <.0001 Threats At one incident No incidents 2,925 12,389 76.3 36.2 908 21,885 23.7 63.9 <.0001
Pet abuse At least one incident No incidents 78 15,236 85.7 40.1 13 22,780 14.3 59.9 <.0001 Other criminal abuse At least one incident No incidents 623 14,691 73.2 39.4 228 22,565 26.8 60.6 <.0001 Damage (indictable) At least one incident No incidents 2,484 12,830 78.6 36.7 677 22,116 21.4 63.3 <.0001 Damage (summary) At least one incident No incidents 802 14,512 76.4 39.2 248 22,545 23.6 60.1 <.0001 At one incident No incidents 392 14,922 85.4 39.6 67 22,726 14.6 60.4 <.0001 Stalking At one incident No incidents 522 14,792 72.9 39.6 194 22,599 27.1 60.4 <.0001 Breach only At one incident No incidents 3,103 12,211 71.3 36.2 1,249 21,544 28.7 63.8 <.0001 Breach and other criminal abuse At one incident No incidents 2,483 12,831 78.0 36.7 702 22,091 22.0 63.3 <.0001 Emotional abuse At least one incident No incidents 5,345 9,969 64.1 33.5 2,992 19,801 35.9 66.5 <.0001 Verbal abuse At least one incident No incidents 8,051 7,263 62.3 28.8 4,864 17,929 37.7 71.2 <.0001 Social At least one incident No incidents 998 14,316 68.7 39.1 454 22,339 31.3 60.9 <.0001 Economic abuse At least one incident No incidents 1,101 14,213 66.1 39.0 566 22,227 33.9 61.0 <.0001 Spiritual abuse At least one incident No incidents 133 15,181 65.2 40.1 71 22,722 34.8 59.9 <.0001 Non-violent, non-abusive At least one incident No incidents 3,584 11,730 63.8 36.1 2,035 20,758 36.2 63.9 <.0001