Crime by Elise Williams
Premium Content Domestic violence abusers are breaching court issued orders put in place to protect victims at an alarming rate, with new data revealing an increase of nearly 200 per cent in domestic violence order (DVO) breaches in under a decade. Newly released crime statistics by the State Government show the state s continuing struggle to grapple with the complexities of domestic violence, as DVO breaches have risen at a rate of 187.9 per cent from 2011 to 2020, while breaches of domestic violence orders have increased by 18 per cent in the last 12-month period. In the wake of a horror 14 months of DV deaths in Queensland, including the tragic losses of Hannah Clarke, Doreen Langham and Kelly Wilkinson - all women with DVOs against their former partners - leading criminal law experts have called for changes to DVOs.