Appendix 6: Further data on victimisation and offending - Social Justice Report 2011
Social Justice Report 2011
Appendix 6: Further data on victimisation and offending
Police Records
Only NSW, Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory data records
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander status of sufficient coverage or quality
to publish.
In NSW:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were murdered at 4.5 times the
rate; sexually assaulted at 3.7 times the rate; and assaulted at 3.3 times the
rate of non-Indigenous people. - The offender was known to 93% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
female assault victims, compared to 78% of non-Indigenous female assault
victims. The offender was known to 76% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
male assault victims, while almost 50% of non-Indigenous men were assaulted by
strangers.[1]
In
Queensland:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were assaulted at 4.3 times the
rate; and sexually assaulted at 4.1 times the rate of non-Indigenous
people. - The offender was known to 85% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
female assault victims, compared to 62% of non-Indigenous female assault
victims. The offender was known to almost 72% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander assault victims, while 58% of non-Indigenous men were assaulted by
strangers.[2]
In South
Australia:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were assaulted at 6.6 times the
rate; the victim of attempted murder 4.8 times the rate; and sexually assaulted
3.7 times the rate of non-Indigenous people. - The offender was known to 92% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
female assault victims, compared to 77% of non-Indigenous female assault
victims. The offender was known to 71% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
male assault victims, while 55% of non-Indigenous men were assaulted by
strangers.[3]
In the
Northern Territory:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were assaulted at 5.2 times the
rate; and sexually assaulted 2.5 times the rate of non-Indigenous people. - The offender was known to 88% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
female assault victims, compared to 64% of non-Indigenous female assault
victims. The offender was known to 66% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
male assault victims, while 55% of non-Indigenous men were assaulted by
strangers.[4]
Table 1
provides a comparison of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and
non-Indigenous homicides between 1999-2009, prepared by the Australian Institute
of Criminology for this report.
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Table1: Comparison of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and
non-Indigenous Homicides- 1999-2009[5] |
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Circumstances and characteristics
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Indigenous on Indigenous homicides (n=335)
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Non-Indigenous on Non-Indigenous homicides (n=2,019)
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%
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(n)
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%
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(n)
|
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Course of other crime
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes
|
7.2
|
24
|
13.5
|
272
|
|
No
|
92.8
|
309
|
86.5
|
1 737
|
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Single versus multiple victims and offenders
|
|
|
|
|
|
Single victim - single offender
|
90.8
|
304
|
80.6
|
1 628
|
|
Single victim - multiple offenders
|
7.8
|
26
|
13.7
|
276
|
|
Multiple victims - single offender
|
1.5
|
5
|
4.8
|
96
|
|
Multiple victims - multiple offenders
|
0.0
|
0
|
0.9
|
19
|
|
Gender (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male offender on male victim
|
36.7
|
123
|
54.4
|
1,098
|
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Male offender on female victim
|
37.3
|
125
|
32.8
|
663
|
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Female offender on female victim
|
5.7
|
19
|
3.9
|
79
|
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Female offender on male victim
|
20.3
|
68
|
8.9
|
179
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Motive of the killing (a)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Domestic altercation (jealously, desertion)
|
49.4
|
161
|
32.1
|
609
|
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Alcohol-related argument
|
26.1
|
85
|
10.8
|
205
|
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Other argument (eg: money, drugs, etc)
|
14.7
|
48
|
44.7
|
848
|
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No apparent motive/unknown
|
9.8
|
32
|
12.4
|
236
|
|
Alcohol involvement
|
|
|
|
|
|
Both victim and offender drinking
|
71.4
|
227
|
24.7
|
426
|
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Victim drinking but not offender
|
3.1
|
10
|
8.2
|
142
|
|
Offender drinking but not victim
|
9.1
|
29
|
9.5
|
163
|
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Neither victim nor offender drinking
|
16.4
|
52
|
57.6
|
994
|
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Victim-offender relationship (a)
|
|
|
|
|
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Intimate partners
|
46.0
|
154
|
26.0
|
525
|
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Other family
|
24.8
|
83
|
18.9
|
382
|
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Friends and acquaintances
|
26.3
|
88
|
37.9
|
766
|
|
Strangers
|
2.1
|
7
|
15.2
|
307
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Other relationship
|
0.9
|
3
|
1.9
|
39
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[1] Steering Committee for the
Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage:
Key Indicators 2011, Productivity Commission (2011), p
4.127
[2] Steering Committee for
the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous
Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011, Productivity Commission (2011), p
4.127.
[3] Steering Committee for
the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous
Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011, Productivity Commission (2011), p
4.128.
[4] Steering Committee for
the Review of Government Service Provision, Overcoming Indigenous
Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011, Productivity Commission (2011), p
4.128.
[5] Australian Institute of
Criminology, Information provided to Office of the Social Justice Commissioner,
14 June 2011.