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Domestic Violence in Urban Papua New Guinea, Occasional Paper 19 [1986] PGLawRComm 1 (1 January 1986)

LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
IN
URBAN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

edited by
Susan Toft

OCCASIONAL PAPER NO. 19, 1986

Copyright 1985 by the Law Reform Commission of Papua New Guinea

Printed at the Government Printing Office, Papua New Guinea and published by the Law
Reform Commission of Papua New Guinea.

LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Commissioners

Joseph Faupugu Aisa, Acting Chairman
Roy Tiden
Lepani Watson
Imnaculata Kereku
Robert Lak
Allan Marat

Secretary

Josepha N Kanawi

Research Staff

Sao Gabi
Susan Toff

Administrative Staff

Luke Nalo
Ari Heai
Theresa Imamaeva
Jack Uke-e

The Commission is situated in the 4 Mile Government Offices.

Postal Address: P0 Box 3439
BOROKO
Telephone: 258755

NOTE

This publication is one in a group to be produced by the Papua New Guinea Law
Reform Commission during 1985 and 1986 on the topics of Marriage and/or
Domestic Violence. The others are:

• Occasional Paper No. 18

MARRIAGE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN RURAL PAPUA NEW GUINEA
results of a rural survey.

• Monograph No. 3

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
a collection of articles by professional anthropologists.

• Monograph No. 4

MARRIAGE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
a companion to Occasional Paper No. 18 ethnographic information from the
survey villages.

• Report No. l4

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
summarising and concluding the recent research into domestic violence, with
recommendations.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks go to all the people who have contributed to the studies presented in this publication either through participation or administrative support.

The main urban survey, that of low income earners, was only possible because of the co-operation of the University of Papua New Guinea Geography Department, through Stephen Ranck, and the personnel departments of Burns Philip (Papua New Guinea) Ltd., Steamships Ltd., the Electricity Commission and the Defence Force. The survey of elites was done through the support of the Public Services Commission and those senior public servants who responded to the questionnaire.