GPs can engage men who are at risk of perpetrating family violence – and prevent them harming their families. Here’s how.
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The results of a landmark longitudinal study into domestic violence paint a grim picture, but they also point to key solutions, especially before men offend.
New analysis finds vulnerable narcissism is consistently linked to insecure attachment styles.
Exposure to intimate partner violence is common, but not inevitable. Research offers evidence on an early prevention program designed to make a difference for mothers and children commencing in pregnancy.
There is scant evidence to suggest more punitive measures will discourage violence against women. Policy-makers should instead use a balanced approach that prevents violence before it occurs.
At face value, any public action the Kenyan government takes to show that it’s listening to its citizens is important – but it’s only a first step.
Individuals must be equipped with the tools to understand and practise consent.
Interviews with 25 men from seven African countries revealed that some abused men choose to control their reactions, associating real manliness with non-violence.
Domestic violence is not a random event. New research indicates most men who perpetrate domestic violence have contact with police well before they are charged with a domestic violence crime.
Among the common but lesser-known consequences of intimate partner violence is a heightened risk for cardiovascular disease.
Failing to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic will permit the conditions that sustain it to persist — and likely worsen.
The health, safety and lives of women and children are at stake.
Past research has looked at the objectification of women and violence against them. Our new study makes it personal.
Stalking rates have remained stubbornly consistent in Australia, but there is one relatively simple thing governments could do right now to help.
Victims of intimate partner violence regularly cite fear for the safety of their pet as a primary reason they do not leave an abusive situation.
One in four girls between the ages of 15 and 19 globally who have been in a relationship have suffered abuse. Forty percent of these are in Africa.
Like mandatory charging policies, criminalizing coercive control could turn out to be harmful to the victim-survivors they were intended to protect.
By exploiting their victim’s disability, perpetrators increase their power and coercive control, thereby intensifying the abuse.
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.
Narcissistic women can be violent in relationships.
Confiscating firearms from alleged abusers might seem like a good idea, but it’s unlikely to make much of a difference.
Top contributors
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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PhD Candidate, Western University
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Professor of Family Violence Prevention, The University of Melbourne
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT 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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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Research Technician at RESOLVE (Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse), University of Manitoba
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Professor and Co-Lead of the Sexual and Family Violence Program at the Department of General Practice & Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Senior lecturer, University of Exeter
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Liverpool