When entertainer Rolf Harris was convicted of 12 cases of indecent assault there was first shock from his many fans in Australia and overseas, then a sense of disbelief that a man who won the hearts of…
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The horrific neglect and subsequent death of Daniel Pelka at the hands of his mother and step-father raises a number of questions about safeguarding procedures and practice. We are told teachers were concerned…
Research published this month in the journal Pediatrics confirms what child advocates have long known: it’s never okay to hit children. Study author Tracie Afifi and her colleagues investigated the link…
How does one establish a plan to lure one of your female colleagues into a dormitory room for consensual sex, but unwittingly into the scope of a webcam for broadcast? How does it come to fruition? What…
One could be mistaken for thinking that the recent flurry of activity around Defence abuse is a recent phenomenon. The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Skype Affair of 2011 drew nation-wide attention…
Victorian victims of clergy sex crimes and their families have been fighting for justice for years – some for decades. The previous Labor state government did nothing for them. The Baillieu government…
As many as 20 infants unnecessarily die in Australia each year from child abuse head injuries. “Abusive Head Trauma (AHT…
Impulsive behaviour linked with alcohol has a deadly effect say researchers who followed 515 alcohol abusers for 15 years…
Women who are raped, sexually assaulted, bashed by a partner or stalked are much more likely to develop mental health problems than women who do not experience gender-based violence, a study has found…
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Professor of Psychology, University of Denver
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor, Director, Open Door: Improving the Wellbeing of Veterans, Public Safety Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
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Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Sport Psychology, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University., Loughborough University
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Georgia State University