The Community Policing Pilot Programme (CPPP) has been operating since September 2008 as a local project within the United Nations Police (UNPOL) component of the UN Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT). Initially planned for one year, at the time of review it had been running for 14 months and was extended until March 2010 in...

Using data from the International Violence Against Women Survey, this paper examines predictors of help-seeking by intimate partner violence victims and considers whether such responses are influenced by the severity of abuse experienced. It found that victims are more likely to explore formal avenues of support if they are married to the abusive partner, have...

This report argues that it's time for Defence to more fully incorporate domestic disaster assistance tasks as part of its core business. Defence is likely to be used more frequently in the future to assist in domestic disaster management. There will be larger and more frequent extreme weather events due to climate change; increased vulnerability...

Australian households experienced approximately 1.6 million incidents of malicious property damage from July 2008 to June 2009. This publication presents first results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) redesigned national Crime Victimisation Survey, conducted from July 2008 to June 2009 using the ABS Multipurpose Household Survey (MPHS). The publication includes data about victims for...

The audit examined and reported on the AFP's capabilities to provide for current and future demands for policing and law enforcement services to the Commonwealth. This is the review's final report. The report makes 110 findings and 40 recommendations relating to a wide range of topics including the capabilities, operating arrangements and governance of the...