PROJECT SUMMARY
project stakeholders: THE Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet and Domestic Violence Victoria
research commissioned a (2016) government and technology sponsored EVENT to analyse de-identified data sets to better understand and respond to the “faces” of family violence (Victoria).
Domestic Violence is a leading cause of intimate partner violence in Australia. One quarter of woman in Australia have experienced at least one incident of family violence in Australia.
examine the Family Violence Royal Commission Submissions and Recommendations Report (2016) in order to better understand factors that reduce family violence.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
MY ROLES: Project Manager, Product Designer, User Experience Designer, Information Architecture, Visual Design and Stakeholder Manager
TEAM MEMBERS: software engineers and a data analyst.
PROJECT SUMMARY
Live Safe is a responsive mobile application that incorporates unique features to educate and empower domestic violence victims and guide them to safety. Additionally it captures vital evidence of crimes to assist the legal process.
PROJECT SCOPE
The scope of this project was to develop a prototype of a mobile phone application, that was informed by user research and competitive analysis.
This evidence was derived from government data sets and Family Violence Royal Commission findings.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
The primary objective of this project was to analyse multiple datasets to predict trends and causal factors that contribute towards family violence in Australia.
The secondary objective was to create a clearer picture of the characteristics of people who experience family violence within Victoria. To better tailor support and funding initiatives towards this demographic.
PROJECT SOLUTION
Our team have created a mobile application prototype that informs and educates domestic violence victims, their families, their local communities, charities and first responders.
This user centred design and data analysis project, focusses on examining the causal factors of Family Violence within Victoria, from empirical legal and data based evidence.
Informing our stake holders to gain an in depth understanding of key factors that drive the reduction of family violence incidents.
USER ANALYSIS
Data Analysis was undertaken to determine the key factors that influence and contribute to family violence.
User centred design was adopted to create a key persona to intuitively resonate with our products target audience.
PROTOTYPE
The mobile application prototype was designed and developed with the following features;
- Audio Visual Evidence Capturing of incidents.
- Evidence depository
- Domestic violence incident alert functionality
- Location tracker
- Accessibility requirements : WACG 2.0 compatible
PROJECT IMPACT
This was a highly successful project that effectively communicated our projects research and findings to our stakeholders.
Our research informed some domestic violence and police agencies across Australia and the USA to amend their policing strategies, to assist real rather than perceived family violence victims.
We designed strategies and a mobile application prototype to target the true causal factors of domestic violence.
Our data analysis was presented to and generously shared with our government stakeholders, during 2016 which resulted in media campaigns and government narratives about domestic violence.
This process led to some organisations and unions advocating for people affected by family violence to receive paid leave, to assist them to move to a safer residential premise.
It also resulted in an increase in government funding to charities to better assist woman and children to leave unhealthy and violent relationships and move into a safer communities.
KIM RISSON ACKNOWLEDGES THE TRADITIONAL FIRST NATIONS OWNERS AND NATURE SPIRITS OF THE LAND, WATERS AND SKY WHERE WE LIVE, WORK, AND TRAVEL. WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER ELDERS, PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING, THEIR COMMUNITIES, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.
