Despite some progress in recent years in addressing gender-based violence, there is still a long way to go. A concerted and holistic approach is needed.
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NRL’s culture was once one of hyper-masculinity, but it has failed to change wth societal mores – it now finds itself out of step and in need of reform.
The royal commission didn’t examine economic abuse. If it had it would have found there’s much banks can do.
Under international law, a mother escaping domestic violence with her children to another country is seen as an abductor. She is often ordered to return the child leading to catastrophic consequences.
The refugee convention wasn’t designed with women in mind. Women fleeing domestic violence and asking for asylum face many barriers to qualifying for protection under international law.
A complaints system in which police investigate themselves is hardly likely to instil confidence in communities where police are regarded as the problem rather than the solution.
A Victorian woman claims police were negligent in failing to prevent breaches of protection orders against her ex-partner – a case that may open up new legal avenues in domestic violence cases.
Survival sex can be a viable option for women managing homelessness. It ranged from staying with men for a night or a woman remaining in a sexual relationship to avoid becoming homeless again.
Children who have witnessed the death of a parent at the hands of another parent will understandably suffer some serious consequences. Research has shown these children need and want to be heard.
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.
The murder of a parent by their child, known as parricide, is a relatively uncommon form of family violence. We need to know much more about it to better understand and prevent it.
An evaluation of a therapeutic foster care program has shown significant improvements in children previously thought too complex and challenging for foster care.
Are claims that intimate partner violence is the leading cause of death for Australian women aged 18-44 substantiated?
Providing paid family violence leave means we’re not asking victims to choose between accessing necessary support and financial security.
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.
Intimate partner homicides where there is no known history of violence are not uncommon.
Under recently announced Victoria Police changes, family violence will be investigated as major crime by specialised units.
Abolishing defensive homicide in Victoria was a mistake has left the law inflexibile in dealing with homicide offences.
New laws are often seen as an answer in tackling intimate partner violence, but our research shows it is not always the best response.
Psychological abuse of intimate partners is a public health problem, and is not well-regulated by the law.
Top contributors
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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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 of Social Work, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Family Violence Prevention, The University of Melbourne
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, Centre for Women's Studies & Gender Research, Sociology, Monash University
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CEO, Sentencing Advisory Council
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Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Hub and Senior Lecturer in Criminology Monash University, Monash University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Liverpool