AI has the potential to help prevent and detect abuse, but only if it avoids bias and is sensitive toward traumatized people’s needs.
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Ghana needs to empower women by providing them with the resources they need to flourish and fight abuse.
An inquest is investigating the deaths of eight aged care residents at six facilities in 2021. All occurred after resident-to-resident aggression.
GPs can engage men who are at risk of perpetrating family violence – and prevent them harming their families. Here’s how.
The failure to perceive a leader as a possible abuser is what allows abuse to persist over extended periods.
Many families experience child-to-parent abuse, yet stigma and silence leave them without support.
Trump’s angry outburst at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy illustrated why authoritarians are lousy dealmakers, particularly when autocratic instincts are exacerbated by toxic masculinity.
A 2015 book by a psychologist who works with adult children of emotionally immature parents has taken off on social media, ‘validating’ its readers. But is it any good?
When Lynch’s films were first released, they seemed to be funhouse-mirror reflections of society. Not so anymore.
Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or abused – and that many worried for their safety.
As many as 39% of academics answering a Swedish survey reported experiences of threats or harassment in some form during their academic careers.
The term ‘obstetric violence’ is already widely used by the EU, the UN and countless health professionals, but some health professionals continue to push back against it.
Strictly could improve the dance experience by concentrating on safeguarding, teaching practices and explaining how the judging works.
Media messages normalise gender violence by teaching teenagers – girls and boys alike – that anger is linked to passion and attractiveness.
Programs to help men to stop using violence are crucial, but are men meaningfully engaging with them? Our new study found opportunities to increase engagement, and in doing so, better protect women.
Recently there have been three worrying reviews into Australian Olympic sports but much more needs to be done to protect vulnerable athletes.
The 16-volume royal commission report, to be made public tomorrow, will show beyond doubt how state policies and institutions have been guilty of enabling abuse. Change has to begin immediately.
Women who have moved to Australia, particularly from traumatic settings, are particularly at risk of gendered violence. Here’s what our research found helps them to speak up.
Evidence shows the links between punishment, discipline and behaviour change are weak at best. Good rehabilitation has a therapeutic focus – but this is less popular with politicians and the public.
You’d call the police if a stranger in public did what many bullies at work get away with. 2 researchers who study workplace violence describe the widespread phenomenon.
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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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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Reader in Sport Psychology, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University., Loughborough University
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Associate Professor, University of Waikato
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Georgia State University