Police defend anti-domestic violence programme criticised by departing agencyIAIN McGREGOR/STUFF Police, Oranga Tamariki, the CDHB, Corrections and the Ministry of Health are among 48 organisations working to combat domestic violence. DAVID WALKER/STUFF ISR director Leanne McSkimming says 76 per cent of referrals domestic violence referrals from police result in an intervention for the perpetrator. Hill said multiple agencies were now working together to combat domestic violence in a way that was previously done only during family violence death reviews. "Of that 76 per cent, 62 [per cent] of those families had no further episodes of family violence." The total funding for three years was $25m, and other figures may have included money already paid to the family violence non-government sector.

Source: Stuff March 23, 2018 04:41 UTC