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Abstract:
The problems of violence and child abuse that beset some Indigenous communites are issues on the Australian public record and in social conscience. Numerous inquiries, reports and commentaries have highlighted the severe, widespread and sometimes chronic violence and child abuse in some communitee. Indigenous Australians are subject to higher rates of violent victimisation than other Australians. Based on data from surveys, service providers and the criminal justice system, this report examines how Indigenous violent victimisation rates vary with demographic, psychological and cultural factors. Determining victimisation risk, while constrained by data and survey information, enables identification of how risk is affected at community, local and regional levels to allow for implementation of localised prevention strategies. Reduction of victimisation risks through addressing external environmental influences requires a multifaceted and holistic approach.
