Citation

Cripps K. Injury 2008; 39(5): S25-35.

Affiliation

Indigenous Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit, Centre for Health&Society, The University of Melbourne, Australia. kcripps@unimelb.edu.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0020-1383(08)70026-3

PMID

19130914

Abstract

The issue of family violence and sexual abuse in Indigenous communities across Australia has attracted much attention throughout 2007, including significant intervention by the federal government into communities deemed to be in crisis. This paper critically examines the reporting and recording of Indigenous violence in Australia and reflects on what 'statistics' can offer as we grapple with how to respond appropriately to a problem defined as a 'national emergency'.

Language: en