Victims' experiences of short-and long-term safety and wellbeing : findings from an examination of an integrated response to domestic violence / Silke Meyer.

Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2014.

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Victims of family violence -- Queensland.

Victims of family violence -- Services for -- Queensland.

One in three Australian women experience domestic violence at some point during their adult life and it is women and their children who typically suffer the most severe short and long-term consequences of this violence. In this paper the findings are presented from an evaluation of a Queensland police-led integrated service response to domestic violence incidents that was designed to better address women and children's needs for short and long-term safety. The findings indicated that a significant improvement in women's self-rated safety and wellbeing was generated throughout the initial six-week support period. However, subsequent follow-up interviews with a sample of participants identified that the women had continued to experience a range of abuse, harassment and stalking after the initial support period had ended. This suggests a need to provide ongoing support to women and children escaping domestic violence, as well as a stronger focus on perpetrator accountability, if improvements to the safety and wellbeing of women and children escaping domestic violence are to be sustained.

Title from title caption of PDF document (viewed on August 12, 2014).

"June 2014".

Includes bibliographical references.

1836-2206