Police have released a statistical analysis of Family Violence Death Reviews done since 2004 which shows that the majority of the suspect/offenders were aged between 20 and 29.
The report summarises the findings of 95 police family violence death reviews involving 101 victims.
The report is not an exhaustive list of all family violence deaths since 2004, so it does not correspond to official statistics.
Other key findings of the report were:
- Around one third of victims were in each category of adult male, adult female and child
- 81 percent of female victims and 29 percent of male victims were killed as a result of intimate partner violence
- 45 percent of the child victims were killed by their mothers
- In 64 percent of all cases there was prior police involvement with the family
- In 55 percent of child deaths there was prior police involvement with the family
National Crime Manager Detective Superintendent Rod Drew said a number of changes have already been made to the way Police respond to family violence that address the findings in this report.
One of the key themes identified was the importance of trying to evaluate and predict the risk involved in situations of intimate partner violence.
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