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Figure 3.11.8 Victim-offender relationships recorded by the NT Police forselected offences against the person, 2005-06a, b, c, d, eFamily 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 These data do not represent all victims of crime, just those that come to the attention of and whose detailsare recorded by NT Police. b Indigenous status is based on appearance. c The category ‘DV assault’ isdomestic violence related assault and is a subset of ‘assault’. Similarly, the category ‘sexual assault againstvictims 0–15’ is a subset of ‘sexual assault’. d Family includes partner, spouse, siblings, parents andimmediate family members. Other includes relatives, friends and acquaintances. Stranger includes wherevictim/offender are relatively unknown to each other. e Non-Indigenous murder data represent one murder.Source: NT Police (unpublished); table 3A.11.48.• Figure 3.11.8 shows the types of relationships between offenders and victims forselected offences against the person. In 2005, the offender was a family memberin 63.6 per cent of Indigenous murders, whereas for the one non-Indigenous120

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