Nearly one in 10 NSW men have faced legal action for domestic and family violence, study finds

According to the research, the first of its kind in Australia, 1.2% of people born in the state were responsible for more than 50% of recorded offences

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Nearly 10% of men in New South Wales have had police take some form of legal action against them for domestic and family violence, according to the first Australian population study of prevalence of offending, published on Monday.

The research published by the Australian Institute of Criminology found that 6.3% of people - 9.6% of men and 3% of women - born in NSW were found to have been proceeded against by police for a family and domestic violence offence by the age of 37.

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