New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

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New data reveals rates of family ********* among those who ***** by ********

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Domestic, family and ******* ********* is rightly recognized as

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While the evidence base has built significantly in recent years, one important missing piece of the puzzle is how these forms of ********* have impacted people who **** by ******** across the country.

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by the Coroner’s Court of Victoria provides a detailed account of the experiences of family ********* among people who have ***** by ********.

The statistics are alarming. They remind us of what many working in this space already instinctively knew: the horrifically high count of lives lost to the national crisis of men’s ********* against women is likely far higher than official numbers suggest.

What does the report tell us?

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presents data collected by the Victorian ******** Register on 4,790 suicides reported between 2009 and 2016.

Over this *******, in one in four suicides (24.5%) the deceased had experienced family ********* prior to their ******.

This rate was higher among females who ***** by ********, with evidence of family ********* present in 28.2% of cases recorded.

This rate only captures the cases in which evidence of family ********* could be identified by the court.

Given all forms of family *********

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, including to police, legal and other services, these data are likely to underestimate the true rates of family ********* experienced by people who **** by ********.

Where there was evidence of family ********* prior to the ********, in half of these the person who ***** by ******** was the perpetrator of *********.

In one in three cases, the individual who ***** by ******** had experienced family ********* victimization. In these cases, the deceased was significantly more likely to be a female (62.1%).

The report also records a further 17.5% of suicides where the individual who ***** by ******** had both used and been a victim of family *********. Little information about this group is provided.

We need to better understand the primary use of ********* in these situations, including whether this data includes

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and what the impact of it was. The role of intergenerational experiences of ****** should also be considered.

Gendered ******

The report highlights gender differences in the records of people who ***** by ******** in Victoria during this *******.

Significantly more males (65%) than females (16%) were recorded as a family ********* perpetrator. Conversely, females were significantly more likely to be listed as a victim of family ********* (62.1%).

These differences are expected given the gendered nature of family *********. Internationally, research has consistently highlighted the

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among women victims of *********.

The data show just over one in two male perpetrators of family ********* who **** by ******** had used ********* against an intimate partner.

A higher proportion of men (22.1%) who ***** by ******** than women (10.2%) had perpetrated family ********* against numerous people, including a partner and at least one other family member.

The data also show female victims of family ********* who ***** by ******** were more likely to have experienced family ********* by their intimate partner.

By contrast, male victims were more likely to have experienced family ********* perpetrated by a family member other than their partner.

Many factors at play

The report provides insights into how family ********* and ******** interact with other social issues.

While the report doesn’t discuss causation, it does look at the prevalence of mental health diagnoses. Nearly three quarters of victims of family ********* who later ***** by ******** had been diagnosed with a mental illness at some point in their lives (72.5% among males, 78.2% among females).

The rate of

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was reported as higher among people who had experienced family ********* than among the general Victorian ******** population.

Victims and perpetrators of family ********* who ***** by ******** were more likely to be under financial stress when compared to the broader Victorian ******** population.

This was defined as any evidence of stress or harm relating to the deceased’s financial situation. For example, high debts, loss of money, inability to pay mortgages or bills or afford other costs of living, and gambling-related harm. This is a timely finding given the current cost of living crisis and the need to understand where additional support services may be needed.

More than 60% of male family ********* perpetrators who ***** by ******** in the ******* studied had experienced at least one legal stressor prior to their ******. This included involvement in ********* and civil legal processes, including divorce settlements and child custody cases.

Reflecting the harmful impacts the legal system can have

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, legal stressors were also present in more than a third of the lives of victims of family ********* who ***** by ********.

Coordination and consistency is key

This data represents an important step forward in quantifying the prevalence of family ********* among individuals who ***** by ******** in one *********** state.

But this ********* is a national problem. These data are needed for every *********** state and territory. We simply cannot seek to effectively address and prevent what we do not measure.

Following the recommendations of the recent federal

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, there needs to be greater coordination at the commonwealth, state and territory levels to gather this data in the same way in every jurisdiction.

Knowing the impact that experiences of family ********* may have had on someone’s ******** is also important to understand. This data doesn’t examine the time frame of experiences, nor their proximity to the person’s ******. These are crucial factors to inform prevention strategies.

The more we know about how victims experience and interact with services, the more informed early intervention and response efforts can be. It’s likely victims would have encountered a range of different services before they *****.

Each of these points is an important opportunity for intervention. Greater understanding, including of what role family and friends may play in supporting their loved ones to seek help, can be used to inform more effective ******** prevention efforts.

First and foremost, each of these lives matter. And they represent additional lives lost in Australia’s national crisis of domestic, family and ******* *********. Current efforts to prevent femicide in Australia should extend to accounting for, and better understanding of deaths by ******** following family *********.

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