Police report on family violence deaths

NZ Police have released a report on family violence deaths. We strongly recommend the report is read in conjunction with the NZFVC Issues Paper Measurement of family violence at a population level: What might be needed to develop reliable and valid family violence indicators? (June 2012) and data summaries, available here.

Read ‘Statistical Analysis and Summary of Themes: Family Violence Death Reviews of Deaths between 2004-2011’ (2012), NZ Police

Media

‘Release of family violence statistics’, Radio NZ - Nine to Noon, 26/9/12 – interviews with Brian Gardner and David Fergusson

‘Context critical to understanding family violence deaths’, Voxy, 26/9/12

‘Let’s put facts first – headlines second’, Press Release: White Ribbon, 25/9/12

‘Family violence: Children most at risk from mothers’, NZ Herald, 25/9/12

‘Family violence death toll revealed’, Stuff, 25/9/12

‘Inconvenient truths in family violence stats’, Press Release: Family First, 25/9/12