De Silva Heshani S, Shepherd Stephane M, McEwan Troy E
Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Department of General Practice & Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2024 Jan 11;32(1):68-91. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2280517. eCollection 2025.
Numerous qualitative studies report South Asian migrants use police as a last resort for family violence (FV), however no quantitative evidence exists in Australia. This study examines police-reported FV recorded by Victorian police between September 2019 and February 2020 ( = 32,450) and compares reports made by South Asian-born (SAB) Australians to Australian-born (AB) Australians. Demographics, incidence and revictimisation rates, severity, frequency of risk and vulnerability factors (e.g. isolation & visa dependency) reported by the two groups were examined. More females were affected family members (AFMs) for both groups; however, SAB males were more likely to report non-partner FV. SAB AFMs reported a lower incidence rate and occurrence of revictimisation than AB AFMs. There were no significant differences in the level of severity (based on charges at time of incident); however, significantly higher number of risk factors were present for SABs reporting intimate partner violence. Mixed results emerged in the frequency of factors.
众多定性研究报告称，南亚移民将警方作为应对家庭暴力（FV）的最后手段，然而在澳大利亚，尚无定量证据。本研究调查了2019年9月至2020年2月期间维多利亚州警方记录的警方报告的家庭暴力事件（n = 32450），并比较了出生于南亚的澳大利亚人（SAB）和出生于澳大利亚的澳大利亚人（AB）所报告的事件。对两组报告的人口统计学、发生率和再受害率、严重程度、风险频率和脆弱因素（如孤立和签证依赖）进行了检查。两组中受影响的家庭成员（AFM）女性都更多；然而，出生于南亚的男性更有可能报告非伴侣家庭暴力。出生于南亚的受影响家庭成员报告的发生率和再受害发生率低于出生于澳大利亚的受影响家庭成员。在严重程度（基于事件发生时的指控）方面没有显著差异；然而，报告亲密伴侣暴力的出生于南亚的人存在的风险因素数量明显更多。在因素频率方面出现了混合结果。
