Domestic and Family Violence Criminal Offence Record

Detects charge sheets, court briefs, court lists, criminal histories and corrections records for domestic and family violence offences against an identified person: Queensland coercive control (Criminal Code s334C, from 26 May 2025) and engaging in domestic violence to aid a respondent (s179A); NSW abusive behaviour towards current or former intimate partners (Crimes Act s54D, from 1 July 2024); Tasmanian persistent family violence (Criminal Code s170A), economic abuse and emotional abuse or intimidation (Family Violence Act 2004 ss8-9); SA coercive control (Criminal Law Consolidation Act s20C, not yet proclaimed); contraventions of protection, intervention and restraining orders in every jurisdiction; and "domestic violence offence" notations (Qld Criminal Code s1 and Penalties and Sentences Act s12A; NSW Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act s12).

Type: regex
Engine: boost_regex
Confidence: medium
Confidence justification: Medium: offence titles and DV notations are distinctive but also appear in legislation, sentencing guides, police annual reports and media. Enforce tiers require a populated accused/defendant name; 85 adds a populated charge-record field. Section numbers are only used when paired with the offence name or Act, because 54D, 170A and 20C collide with other statutes. 85/75 are heuristic evidence tiers, not measured accuracy.
Jurisdictions: au
Regulations: Criminal Code Act 1899 (Qld), Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld), Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012 (Qld), Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (NSW), Criminal Code Act 1924 (Tas), Family Violence Act 2004 (Tas), Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA), Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
Frameworks: QGISCF
Data categories: law-enforcement, legal, pii
Scope: narrow
Risk rating: 8
Platform compatibility: Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Unsupported, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Degraded, Netskope: Unsupported

Pattern

(?i)\b(?:abusive\s+behaviour\s+towards\s+(?:(?:a\s+)?current\s+or\s+former\s+)?intimate\s+partners?|persistent\s+family\s+violence|emotional\s+abuse\s+or\s+intimidation|engag(?:e|ed|ing)\s+in\s+domestic\s+violence\s+to\s+aid\s+(?:a\s+)?respondent|(?:relevant\s+)?domestic\s+violence\s+offences?|recorded\s+as\s+a\s+domestic\s+violence\s+offence|contraven(?:e|ed|ing|tion\s+of)\s+(?:a\s+|an\s+)?(?:domestic\s+violence\s+order|(?:provisional\s+)?apprehended\s+(?:domestic\s+)?violence\s+order|(?:temporary\s+)?protection\s+order|police\s+protection\s+(?:notice|direction)|(?:family\s+violence\s+)?intervention\s+order|family\s+violence\s+(?:restraining\s+order|safety\s+notice|order)|police\s+family\s+violence\s+order)|breach(?:ed)?\s+(?:of\s+)?(?:a\s+|an\s+)?(?:family\s+violence\s+)?intervention\s+order)\b|\bcoercive\s+control[^\n]{0,40}\b(?:s\.?\s{0,2}|section\s+)(?:334C|20C)\b|\b(?:s\.?\s{0,2}|section\s+)(?:334C|20C)\b[^\n]{0,40}coercive\s+control\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

charge, offence, defendant, accused, plea, court date, criminal history, QP9, Court Attendance Notice, domestic violence, family violence, domestic and family violence, family and domestic violence, intimate partner violence, [object Object], [object Object], coercive control, financial abuse, technology-facilitated abuse, non-fatal strangulation (+62 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

QP9 Court Brief QPRIME: QP2600517734 Defendant: Jordan Teston Charge: Coercive control - Criminal Code s334C Date of offence: between 01/06/2025 and 14/03/2026 Court date: 02/10/2026 Brisbane Magistrates Court — Queensland court brief for a coercive control charge
Court Attendance Notice H76187560 Accused: Riley Teston Offence: Abusive behaviour towards current or former intimate partners (Crimes Act 1900 s54D) Plea: Not guilty — NSW court attendance notice for s54D
Criminal history - Offender: Casey Teston Offence: Contravention of domestic violence order (aggravated) - relevant domestic violence offence Outcome: Convicted, 12 months probation — Criminal history entry with DV notation
Defendant: Alex Teston Charge: Persistent family violence, Criminal Code s170A (Tas) Count 2: Emotional abuse or intimidation, Family Violence Act 2004 s9 — Tasmanian persistent family violence charges

Should not match

Queensland's coercive control offence, section 334C of the Criminal Code, commenced on 26 May 2025 and carries a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment. — Legislation commentary
Police recorded 41,200 contraventions of domestic violence orders in 2025, and courts finalised 2,300 charges of abusive behaviour towards intimate partners. — Aggregate statistics
Charge sheet Defendant: __________ Offence: __________ Is this a domestic violence offence? [ ] Yes [ ] No — Blank charge sheet
Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour that isolates and controls a partner. If you need support, call 1800RESPECT. — Awareness text with bare coercive control

Known false positives

Legislation, bench books, sentencing guides and commentary describing the offences. Mitigation: Enforce tiers require a populated accused/defendant/offender name field.
Media reports naming a charged person. Mitigation: Names in running prose are not labelled fields, so reports fall to discovery; court lists with labelled fields are genuine records.
Section numbers shared with other statutes (54D, 170A, 20C). Mitigation: Section numbers only match when paired with the offence name or Act.

References

Collections

Australian Domestic and Family Violence Records