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New data from New South Wales points to a puzzling gap in how domestic violence is measured, The Guardian reports. Self-reported incidents have declined, yet over the past eight years the number of women and children murdered or hospitalised in domestic and family violence has not significantly fallen. The drop in self-reported cases matters because it reflects underlying levels of violence in the community, not just what reaches police. It suggests that, despite rising police-recorded reports, violence in the community may actually be trending down — even as the public perception, shaped by those police figures and heightened media attention, is that it is on the rise.

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