More than 50 years on, Stockholm syndrome still isn’t a real diagnosis – and some researchers want the term retired for good.
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Restorative justice isn’t appropriate in every case of intimate partner violence. But it could bring justice to some survivors if it adheres to six important principles.
Changing NZ’s Crimes Act to cover family pets caught in violent situations is a good start. But better resourcing and training will be needed to make it work.
Violence toward animals and people often occur together. Understanding these connections can improve safety and outcomes for both.
At the time, many people personally identified with Ellis and her experiences of abuse.
Young people aged between 16 and 19 are among the groups most affected by domestic abuse.
Lee Milne, 39, was convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to eight years in custody.
The conversation around #iwasfifteen sheds light on the dynamics of abusive relationships and the experiences of trafficking victims.
Start by understanding that what happened to you wasn’t your fault.
Perpetrators used emotional connection to create a sense of closeness early in the relationship, later using it against their victims.
One woman told the researchers: ‘He would come home and tell me that the group agreed with him.’
The current approach treats incidents as isolated, when they should be looked at as a whole.
One person said: ‘I had to report at the police station where he works, where everybody knows everybody’.
Abuse in intimate relationships often occurs in a cycle, consisting of three main phases.
Caroline Darian bears ‘a crushing double burden’ as the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot and her tormentor. In her memoir, she processes her trauma by fighting for change.
We are primed to see women as victims, and men as likely perpetrators. This means that when people are in relationships that break this model, we might not be as quick to spot problems.
Amid the complete ban on non-statutory expenditure imposed when councils go bankrupt, entire domestic abuse services are at risk of closure. This could have disastrous results.
The way media reports on domestic abuse must be more sensitive.
Evidence suggests that some individuals who hurt animals likewise act violently toward women and girls. Exploring that overlap can help prevent gender-based violence and animal abuse.
This is not the first time domestic violence has been declared a national crisis. Australian governments first got seriously involved in 1985. What can the past 40 years teach us?
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City St George's, University of London
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Senior research fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Literature and Cultural Studies, University of East London
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Psychologist and Programme Leader, University of Salford
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Reader in Gender Based Violence, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, University of Reading
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Maîtresse de conférences HDR en psychologie sociale, spécialiste de la violence conjugale/contrôle coercitif, Université Paris Nanterre
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Sheffield