Safe at Home was introduced by the Tasmanian Government in 2004 as an integrated criminal justice response to family violence. It is underpinned by the Family Violence Act 2004 (Tas).
Safe at Home is a service system that involves a range of services working together to address the risk and safety needs of victim-survivors and their children, while holding perpetrators of family violence accountable for their behaviour.
Safe at Home utilises a pro-intervention policy to address family violence, complemented by a human services approach to support recovery and change.
The objectives of the Safe at Home service system are to:
Improve the safety and security for adult and child victim-survivors of family violence in the short and long term
Ensure that offenders are held accountable for family violence as a public crime and change their offending behaviour
Reduce the incidence and severity of family violence in the longer term
Minimise the negative impacts of contact with the criminal justice system on adult and child victim-survivors.