One person said: ‘I had to report at the police station where he works, where everybody knows everybody’.
- Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
A domestic violence disclosure scheme is a resource people can check to find out if a particular person has a documented history of domestic violence.
The findings are a stark reminder men’s violence against women is a national crisis and system reform is urgent.
Coercive control seeks to disempower victims of domestic abuse on every level. Leaving the family home – and disentangling feelings of care – is a complex process.
Australia first needs a better understanding of what coercive control is and how to respond to it. If law reform is rushed, victims will be put at risk.
Advocates say the recent quashing of Sally Challen’s murder conviction brought attention to a hidden feature of domestic violence. But it may have also painted Challen as an unstable woman.
A stand-alone offence of non-fatal strangulation would be difficult to prove and detract from the ways in which family violence victims are being failed in other policy areas.
It’s still rare for cases of coercive control to reach prosecution.
The Victorian government’s new centre to prevent terrorist and lone actor attacks needs to fully understand the links between these types of attacks and violence against women.
Under recently announced Victoria Police changes, family violence will be investigated as major crime by specialised units.
New laws are often seen as an answer in tackling intimate partner violence, but our research shows it is not always the best response.
A year since its royal commission reported, Victoria continues to lead the nation in how to respond to, and prevent, family violence.
A domestic violence disclosure scheme does not in itself assist people to achieve safety from an abusive partnership.
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