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Pointer S & Kreisfeld R (2012) Hospitalised interpersonal violence and perpetrator coding, Australia 2002-05, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 30 November 2023.
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Pointer S & Kreisfeld R. Hospitalised interpersonal violence and perpetrator coding, Australia 2002-05. Canberra: AIHW; 2012.
Pointer S & Kreisfeld R 2012, Hospitalised interpersonal violence and perpetrator coding, Australia 2002-05, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report describes episodes of hospitalised interpersonal violence in the 3 years (2002-03 to 2004-05) after the introduction of perpetrator coding in Australia in 2002. It also provides a technical demonstration of the type of analysis that is possible using perpetrator codes. During 2002-03 to 2004-05, 60,926 people were hospitalised and three-quarters of them were male. The most common reported type of interpersonal violence was Assault by bodily force, accounting for just over half of all cases (55%). Unspecified person was recorded as the perpetrator in 57% of cases aggregated over the 3 years.
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