Victims Of Domestic Violence And Sexual Abuse Have Help From The State Government Of Victoria
One of the growing concerns for both the government as well as the police establishments in Victoria, Australia is the growing number of incidences of family violence including sexual abuse and domestic violence. According to the police the overall recorded crime rate across the state has increased by 3.8 per cent, measured as a rate per 100,000 of the population with family violence-related offences accounting for 38.6 per cent of crime. They also pointed to the fact that Women are at least three times more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence than men and in more than half of Australian women have experienced a form of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.
Domestic violence has emerged as the single biggest health risk to Australian women aged 15 to 44 years with more than half of the numbers of women who have experienced domestic violence suffering from anxiety and depression as well as other health issues. Surveys have also pointed out the fact that women from almost every socio-economic and education background have been subjected to one or the other forms of domestic violence. With the government of Victoria extremely concerned about the rise in the number of crimes being committed in the state including domestic violence, it has made it a statutory responsibility of the government to provide crime compensation of up to $100,000.00 for all incidences of crime with victims of domestic violence in Victoria being eligible for compensation up to $70,000.00 from the government.
Any act of violence, including pushing, shaking, slapping and striking, and sexual abuse, commonly forcing an individual to engage in non consensual sexual activity or in general any form of an abuse of power is considered as domestic violence in Victoria by the state government. It also considers threats of violence or death as domestic violence and all victims of such incidences are eligible for compensation from the government. To help these victims of domestic violence as well as other crimes, there are a few State funded organisations operating in Victoria and other parts of Australia who help these victims come out of the trauma associated with the incident. These organisations have a team of specialist psychologists who help provide counselling to such victims and help them come out of the trauma and guilt associated with the incident.
These organisations also have specialist solicitors who help these victims get their rightful compensation from the government. Since most incidences of domestic violence are committed by a family member, these firms do not make it compulsory to charge the offender in order to claim compensation. An application is all that is needed to take the case further. The application can be made either by visiting their office, on the phone or by filling their online enquiry form. The rest is taken care of by these organisations and they make sure that the victims receive adequate counselling and compensation from the government. Some of these firms have decades of experience in helping victims in the provision of state government funded entitlements to victims of crime and prove to be saviours of these victims of crime.
Domestic violence has emerged as the single biggest health risk to Australian women aged 15 to 44 years with more than half of the numbers of women who have experienced domestic violence suffering from anxiety and depression as well as other health issues. Surveys have also pointed out the fact that women from almost every socio-economic and education background have been subjected to one or the other forms of domestic violence. With the government of Victoria extremely concerned about the rise in the number of crimes being committed in the state including domestic violence, it has made it a statutory responsibility of the government to provide crime compensation of up to $100,000.00 for all incidences of crime with victims of domestic violence in Victoria being eligible for compensation up to $70,000.00 from the government.
Any act of violence, including pushing, shaking, slapping and striking, and sexual abuse, commonly forcing an individual to engage in non consensual sexual activity or in general any form of an abuse of power is considered as domestic violence in Victoria by the state government. It also considers threats of violence or death as domestic violence and all victims of such incidences are eligible for compensation from the government. To help these victims of domestic violence as well as other crimes, there are a few State funded organisations operating in Victoria and other parts of Australia who help these victims come out of the trauma associated with the incident. These organisations have a team of specialist psychologists who help provide counselling to such victims and help them come out of the trauma and guilt associated with the incident.
These organisations also have specialist solicitors who help these victims get their rightful compensation from the government. Since most incidences of domestic violence are committed by a family member, these firms do not make it compulsory to charge the offender in order to claim compensation. An application is all that is needed to take the case further. The application can be made either by visiting their office, on the phone or by filling their online enquiry form. The rest is taken care of by these organisations and they make sure that the victims receive adequate counselling and compensation from the government. Some of these firms have decades of experience in helping victims in the provision of state government funded entitlements to victims of crime and prove to be saviours of these victims of crime.