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Victorian Family Violence Data Collection Framework

A guideline for the collection of family violence related data by Victorian government departments, agencies and service providers.

Author:
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Date:
December 2019

The Victorian Government proudly acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first peoples and Traditional Owners and custodians of the land. We pay respect to Elders, past and present, and acknowledge the ongoing leadership role of the Aboriginal community in addressing and preventing family violence. We would like to acknowledge and thank all stakeholders for their time and their ideas which have contributed to the development of the Victorian Family Violence Data Collection Framework.

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Data Item Reference Guide

Lists each data item in the framework and which section it can be found in.

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Acronyms and terminology

Lists acronyms and terminology used throughout this publication.

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Introduction

During the RCFV, a number of common data gaps were identified in the current family violence evidence base.

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Data collection challenges and improvements

This section identifies common data collection challenges, as well as those more specific to collecting data on family violence, and from priority communities.

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Data collection standards - General data items

This section discusses the importance of collecting general data items.

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Data collection standards - Family violence data items

Introduces a set of family violence data items that are intended to support consistent recording of core information concerning family violence.

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Data collection standards - Children and young people

Discusses improvements which can be made to data collection practices to improve the quality of administrative data concerning children and young people affected by family violence.

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Data collection standards - Older people

Highlights the unique ways that family violence may be perpetrated against older people and the barriers they face when trying to report family violence.

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Data collection standards - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex communities

Highlights the family violence issues faced by LGBTI communities, existing data standards and guidelines used to collect information, and the challenges in collecting this data.

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Data collection standards - People with disabilities

Highlights the unique forms of family violence perpetrated against people with disabilities and the difficulties experienced responding to or reporting family violence incidents.

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Data collection standards - Culturally and linguistically diverse communities

Highlights the family violence issues faced by CALD communities, the challenges in collecting data from CALD communities, and existing data standards used to collect this information.

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Data collection standards - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Outlines some of the family violence issues faced by Aboriginal people, challenges in collecting data, information gaps, and the existing national standard for the collection of Indigenous status.

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Intersectionality and family violence

It should be noted that identity is complex and individuals should not be categorised based on one aspect of their identity.

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List of stakeholders

Provides a list of contacts who were sent a copy of the draft framework and asked to provide feedback.

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Reviewed 08 January 2020

Victorian Family Violence Data Collection Framework

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