ety against violence with regular ad campaigns and money collections for Women's Refuge as well as many other associations. Women's Refuge have given a lot of positive feedback to the New Zealand police in recent years, and continue to prove that they are an effective organisation.
However, despite the fact that in New Zealand Males are 5 times more likely than females to violently offend when under the influence of alcohol, its not always Males offending Females in domestic circumstances, often females abuse males! The U.S reported last year that male domestic abuse offending statistics is continuously improving every year, but female offending of the same nature is doing the exact opposite, New Zealand and most other western countries report similar offending patterns.
In public areas (for example clubs, pubs, sports events, concerts, and other public social events) where alcohol consumption is involved there is always the risk of victimisation or offending. Firstly, with so many intoxicated strangers together in such a close
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