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'Staggering' report shows 41 Kiwis killed by family members

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« on: March 03, 2010, 07:30:54 am »


Figures that show at least 41 New Zealanders died at the hands of family
members in 2009 have been labelled "staggering" by some working to stop
family violence.

The Family Violence Death Review Committee issued the figures in its annual
report to Parliament. But it says the number could still get higher, as some
deaths at the end of the year have not yet been included.

The figure is made up of 16 children, 13 women and 12 men - 10 deaths above
the national average of 14 women, six men and 10 children killed each year.

A family violence death is defined as "the unnatural death of a person
(adult or child) where the suspected perpetrator is a family or extended
family member, caregiver, intimate partner, previous partner of the victim,
or previous partner of the victim's current partner".

Committee chairwoman Wendy Davis said this was the first year the committee,
which was established by the Health Ministry in 2008, had formally provided
an official toll.

It was a shocking, yet unsurprising, result, she said.

"Nobody in New Zealand who works in the family violence area is surprised by
these."

The committee planned to analyse each death to highlight "crisis points"
where intervention may have been possible, she said. The more information,
the better equipped they would be to address the problem, she said.

"As a group we are very aware of the complexity of the problem we are
helping to try and solve."

Family violence researcher and campaigner Ruth Herbert, who is a member of
the Round Table for Violence Against Women, labelled the figure
"staggering". "To actually hear it as an official number kind of makes me a
bit weak at the knees."

Now the information was public it had to be used to make a difference, she
said.

"This country has to stand up, open its eyes, and realise what's going on
behind closed doors.

"We need to take a concerted approach to this. We need to base what we're
doing on evidence. It really needs a family violence programme. It's all
been rather ad hoc to date."

The Family Violence Death Review Committee's report says it aims to review
each death and make recommendations by the end of 2010.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3396632/Staggering-report-shows-41-Kiwis-killed-by-family

Interesting to see that finally the figures for women and men are catching up to each other.  Maybe we will begin to see some support mechanisms put in place for men.  Just at the time when the gnats are thinking bout getting rid of the MWA.
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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 05:52:22 pm »

Men can no longer be ignored in family violence
 
UnitedFuture President and gender affairs spokesperson Judy Turner has reiterated her party's stance that men need to be treated equally alongside women and children when it comes to family violence.
 
"The Family Violence Death Review Committee issued figures in its annual report to Parliament today that are truly shocking," said Mrs Turner.
 
13 women, 12 men and 16 children were killed last year as a result of family violence incidents.
 
"While the total of 41 deaths is appalling and the number of children represented absolutely tragic, it is the high number of men killed that will come as a surprise to many."
 
"Men made up nearly one third of all deaths in the statistics released yet there is almost a total ignorance of men as the victims of family violence from both advocacy groups and within government policy."
 
"Quite rightly there have been a number of extremely effective media campaigns in the last few years; however those have focussed almost entirely on women and to a lesser extent children, with men involved purely as the perpetrators of violence."
 
"Shouldn't the focus be about stopping violence against all family members no matter what their age or gender?"
 
"The anti-male bias in media campaigns and government programs is not helpful in my view and merely says to men who suffer from abuse at home that they do not matter and have nobody to turn to."
 
"Why do we ignore an entire segment of victims?"
 
"This Government needs to send a signal to men that they matter too, acknowledging men as sufferers of family violence and including men's advocates in policy-making around family violence would be a good start," said Mrs Turner.
 
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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 07:06:53 pm »

Do those figures include road deaths? They fit the criteria..
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« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 08:53:43 pm »

What criteria? Whose criteria?
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« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2010, 09:05:41 pm »

It would be this criteria.....

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"the unnatural death of a person (adult or child) where the suspected perpetrator is a family or extended family member, caregiver, intimate partner, previous partner of the victim, or previous partner of the victim's current partner".

even adding in something like 'by a criminal act' after 'the unnatural death of a person' wouldn't narrow it down much - car accidents are usually prosecuted with or without drugs or alcohol involved.  But they can't exclude vehicular deaths totally as that would open a door best kept shut.  I wouldn't fancy having a job involving having to come up with these wordings.

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« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2010, 09:22:09 pm »

I guess this includes "accidental" deaths such as a tot run over in the driveway.
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« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2010, 05:17:50 am »

And also include deaths  caused by drugs and/or alcohol.
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« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2010, 07:55:27 am »

Whatever spin one wants to put on it - this isnt about drugs or alcohol or those run over in the driveways.  Its all connected to DV.
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« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2010, 10:09:03 am »

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Its all connected to DV.
I think the alcohol and drugs are triggers for domestic violence.     People do not just get up in the morning and decide to beat the crap out of one another.
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« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2010, 12:14:28 pm »

Quite clearly, though to blame substance abuse is merely shifting the problem.

An incident such as DV is laid at the feet of DV not bullied off into a drug related crime.

DV should never be swept under the carpet and given another name, its been hidden for too long IMO.
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