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PostSubject: OZschwitz: More women accused of domestic violence   OZschwitz: More women accused of domestic violence Icon_minitimeFri Feb 22, 2008 8:16 pm

The number of women accused of domestic violence has increased by almost 25 per cent over the past five years.

Factors behind the rise include women being mistakenly arrested as the perpetrators of domestic violence, or being arrested in conjunction with an abusive partner, Fairfax newspapers report today.

Figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) show police recorded 4,918 women as persons of interest in domestic violence cases in the 12 months to September 2003, but by 2006-07 the number was 6,056.

Of the women arrested in the five years to September, only 32 per cent of cases reached court, compared to 56 per cent of cases involving men.

A new report from the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse said policies encouraging arrest had led to an increase in arrests of perpetrators, and a "corresponding rise in the number of dual arrest and single arrests of women for domestic violence".

The report also warned of the difficulty for police in identifying the victim and the perpetrator of domestic violence, particularly if both partners were injured.

BOCSAR director Don Weatherburn said the increase was likely to have been driven by more than one factor, including an increase in binge drinking or more men being willing to admit to being victims.

"It's possible that people are becoming less tolerant of violence by women than they used to be," he told Fairfax.


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