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Figure 3.11.6 Victim-offender relationships recorded by Victoria Police forselected offences against the person, 2005-06a, b, c, d, e, f, gFamily Stranger Other Unstated100Indigenous80Per cent6040200Murder Assault DV assault Sexual assault(victims aged 0–15)100Non-Indigenous80Per cent6040200Murder Assault DV assault Sexual assault(victims aged 0–15)a Any police members receiving a report of an incident must make sufficient initial inquiries to satisfythemselves that a crime has been committed. b Indigenous status is derived from the racial appearance of thevictim which is a subjective assessment of the police officer. c The category ‘domestic violence relatedassault’ is a subset of ‘assault’. Similarly, the category ‘sexual assault against victims 0–15’ is a subset of‘sexual assault’. Domestic violence related assault is defined as a family violence report and an assaultoccurring in the same incident. d For sexual assault (victims aged 0–15) the age of the victims represents theage of the victim at the time of reporting the offence. d Family includes parent, child, step parent/child,spouse, defacto, former spouse or defacto, sibling and other lineal relationship. f Other includesboyfriend/girlfriend, employer/employee, co-resident, acquaintance, police on duty, police off duty, other lawenforcement, other known, neighbour, former boyfriend/girlfriend, gay domestic partner and lesbian domesticpartner. g Unstated includes cannot be determined and unspecified.Source: Victoria Police (unpublished); table 3A.11.27.• As illustrated in figure 3.11.6, the offender was a family member in more thanhalf of the domestic violence related assault cases for both Indigenous and114

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