❓ Hon Peter Collier asks the Minister for Police for data on family and domestic violence offences (homicides, sexual assaults, and sexual offences against children) from 2015-16 to 2019-20. The Minister provides data on family violence-related deaths but requests the question be placed on notice for more detailed information.
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FAMILY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE — OFFENCES
237. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Police:
Will the minister provide the number
of reported offences, for each of the following offence types, over the past
five financial years, from 2015–16 through to 2019–20 —
(a) homicides
that were characterised as occurring in a family or domestic setting;
(b) sexual
assaults that were characterised as occurring in a family or domestic setting;
and
(c) sexual
offences, by specific offence type, committed against children that were
characterised as occurring in a family or domestic setting?
237. Hon PETER COLLIER to
the minister representing the Minister for Police:
Will the minister provide the number
of reported offences, for each of the following offence types, over the past
five financial years, from 2015–16 through to 2019–20 —
(a) homicides
that were characterised as occurring in a family or domestic setting;
(b) sexual
assaults that were characterised as occurring in a family or domestic setting;
and
(c) sexual
offences, by specific offence type, committed against children that were
characterised as occurring in a family or domestic setting?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Police.
(a)–(c) The Western Australia Police Force has more
resources dedicated to preventing and investigating family violence and offences against children and
encourages all victims to report to police. The following data from the Western
Australia Police Force is provided at this point in time. If the
honourable member wishes to place the question on notice, further data should
be able to be provided.
In
terms of the number of family violence–related deaths in the financial
years 2015–16 to 2019–20 , there were 16 in 2015–16, 16 in 2016–17, 20 in 2017–18,
19 in 2018–19 and 15 in 2019–20. These figures are for
family violence–related deaths as opposed to homicide. The deaths
occurred in the context of a family relationship and involved offences that may
include manslaughter, dangerous driving causing death, assault causing death et
cetera. The data is provisional and subject to revision.
some notice of the question. The following information has been provided to me
by the Minister for Police.
(a)–(c) The Western Australia Police Force has more
resources dedicated to preventing and investigating family violence and offences against children and
encourages all victims to report to police. The following data from the Western
Australia Police Force is provided at this point in time. If the
honourable member wishes to place the question on notice, further data should
be able to be provided.
In
terms of the number of family violence–related deaths in the financial
years 2015–16 to 2019–20 , there were 16 in 2015–16, 16 in 2016–17, 20 in 2017–18,
19 in 2018–19 and 15 in 2019–20. These figures are for
family violence–related deaths as opposed to homicide. The deaths
occurred in the context of a family relationship and involved offences that may
include manslaughter, dangerous driving causing death, assault causing death et
cetera. The data is provisional and subject to revision.
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