Places and perpetrators of violence against people with disability in Australia : fact sheet no. 5 Georgina Sutherland, Lauren Krnjacki, Jen Hargrave, Anne Kavanagh, Gwynnyth Llewellyn, Mellissa Kavenagh and Anne-Marie Bollier
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ArticleSeries: CRE-DH fact sheetPublication details: University of Melbourne, 2020Description: electronic document (4 pages) ; PDF & DOCX filesSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: In Australia people with disability are more likely to experience violence* from someone they know than by a stranger.
This fact sheet is the final in a series on violence against people with disability in Australia and is based on current data for men and women aged 18-64 years. Data are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 Personal Safety Survey. Data are based on reporting of individual’s most recent incident of violence. We recognise that not all people with disability are represented in this survey and that experiences of violence are under-reported.
*Violence includes physical or sexual violence, emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, stalking and/or harassment.
This fact sheet was produced by the team at the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) and funded by the Melbourne Disability Institute. (From the website).
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CRE-DH fact sheet 5
In Australia people with disability are more likely to experience violence* from someone they know than by a stranger.
This fact sheet is the final in a series on violence against people with disability in Australia and is based on current data for men and women aged 18-64 years. Data are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 Personal Safety Survey. Data are based on reporting of individual’s most recent incident of violence. We recognise that not all people with disability are represented in this survey and that experiences of violence are under-reported.
*Violence includes physical or sexual violence, emotional abuse, intimate partner violence, stalking and/or harassment.
This fact sheet was produced by the team at the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) and funded by the Melbourne Disability Institute. (From the website).
Follow the links to related information. Record #6952