Appendix B
KEY CPS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE STATISTICS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SNAPSHOT
We have undertaken an annual snapshot of domestic
violence data during the month of December over the past few years.
(2005 not yet published—due summer
2006)
| Year | Successful
outcomes
| Specialist DV courts
successful outcomes
| Victim
retractions |
| 2003 | 46% | n/a
| 37% |
| 2004 | 53% | n/a
| 35% |
| 2005 | 59% | 71%
| 30% |
| Change from 2003 | + 13% |
n/a | -7% |
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A 13% improvement in this complex and often challenging area
of work, within 2 years is very significant.
NATIONAL COMPASS
DATA
Since 2004 it has been possible to collect annual data using
our computer and case management system COMPASS and measure the
proportion of successful outcomes.
(2005 not yet published but included here)
| Year | Number of
cases
| Successful
outcomes | Discontinuances
| Bindovers |
| 2004-05 | 34,839 | 55.0%
| 37.0% | 18.2% |
| 2005-06 | 49,782 | 59.7%
| 33.0% | 14.9% |
| Change from 2004-05 | + 43%
| + 4.7% | -4.0% | -3.3%
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— Within a very significant increase in volume of
cases, from 34,839 to 49,782 (a 43% increase), we have an increase
in successful outcomes from 55% to 59.7%.
— We have reduced discontinuances by 4% and reduced
bindovers by 3.3%.
— We also positively note that from April 2006 we
will be able to breakdown the data by gender and ethnicity.
— We also will be able to specifically separate
out the data ongoingly for Specialist DV courts, to enable comparison
across Areas.
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