Detailed circumstances of homicides committed by ‘casual acquaintances’ involving female victims, by Aboriginal identity, 1980 to 2015
Table 8Relationship typeTable 8 Note 1 (victim killed by) | Female victims of 'casual acquaintance' homicides | |||||||
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Aboriginal | Non-Aboriginal | Unknown | Total | |||||
number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | number | percent | |
Homicides re-coded to pre-existing relationship typesTable 8 Note 2 | 21 | 11.9 | 103 | 18.4 | 2 | 16.7 | 126 | 16.8 |
Family memberTable 8 Note 3 | 4 | 2.3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.8 |
Ex-boyfriend/girlfriend | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
Close friend | 2 | 1.1 | 12 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1.9 |
NeighbourTable 8 Note 4 | 1 | 0.6 | 31 | 5.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 32 | 4.3 |
Authority figure | 1 | 0.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.9 |
Extra-marital lover | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 0.1 |
Other intimate relationship | 6 | 3.4 | 16 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 2.9 |
Business relationship | 3 | 1.7 | 15 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 2.4 |
Criminal relationship | 4 | 2.3 | 19 | 3.4 | 1 | 8.3 | 24 | 3.2 |
Stranger | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.1 |
Homicides re-coded to new relationship types | 88 | 49.7 | 170 | 30.4 | 6 | 50.0 | 264 | 35.3 |
Other non-family household memberTable 8 Note 5 | 6 | 3.4 | 32 | 5.7 | 3 | 25.0 | 41 | 5.5 |
Other institutional memberTable 8 Note 6 | 2 | 1.1 | 25 | 4.5 | 2 | 16.7 | 29 | 3.9 |
Partner or ex-partner of family member | 5 | 2.8 | 15 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 2.7 |
Partner or ex-partner of victim's current or former sexual partner | 6 | 3.4 | 8 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 1.9 |
Reverse authority figureTable 8 Note 7 | 1 | 0.6 | 8 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 1.2 |
Co-substance userTable 8 Note 8 | 67 | 37.9 | 68 | 12.2 | 1 | 8.3 | 136 | 18.2 |
Family friendTable 8 Note 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.1 |
Casual friendTable 8 Note 10 | 1 | 0.6 | 6 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 0.9 |
Total homicides which remained reported as 'casual acquaintance'Table 8 Note 11 | 68 | 38.4 | 286 | 51.2 | 4 | 33.3 | 358 | 47.9 |
Total 'casual acquaintance' homicides | 177 | 100.0 | 559 | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 748 | 100.0 |
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