2.7C trends and impacts of murder

• 7 homicides in Darebin in 2023 which is higher than usual; a spike in cases
• • 88 murder cases between 2017-2022 in Victoria90% of offenders were male10% of offenders were female100% were sentenced to imprisonment all of the offenders received a term of imprisonment, the average length was 24 years. 
• murder impact of offender

  • prison
  • reputation
  • mental health
  • guilt
  • court process
• murder impact on victim and family

  • death
  • grief
  • funeral cost
  • medical fees
  • trauma
• murder impact on community

  • safety
  • economic job impact
  • trauma for first responders