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Research shows that many young Australians are not aware of appropriate boundaries in relationships. It’s important that children are informed by research rather than rhetoric.
Rates of child marriage increase among refugee communities, where rates of sexual violence are high and opportunities for families low.
A domestic violence disclosure scheme does not in itself assist people to achieve safety from an abusive partnership.
It’s uncommon internationally for workers to have a statutory right to paid domestic violence leave, but things may be shifting.
Thousands of Australian men are sitting on waiting lists every year to get help to end their violent behaviour – even though behaviour change programs can reduce their likelihood of offending again.
A review of Sydney’s lockout laws found the objective of reducing alcohol- and drug-related assaults and anti-social behaviour remain valid, and the measures introduced are achieving this.
The Archers’s character may have been acquitted of attempted murder in the BBC radio show, but she now faces a battle over child arrangements.
The once-taboo topics of domestic violence and institutional abuse are now front-page news, but repeated reports of incest have not registered in public awareness as evidence of a serious problem.
During the 1980s, press coverage of South African family murders suggested that something was ‘wrong’ with white society – and with the white Afrikaans men who were usually seen as perpetrators.
What did the Coalition promise during the campaign in 11 key policy areas, from health to infrastructure to jobs?
Was academic Marcia Langton right about the rate of violence against Indigenous women?
Despite efforts to make football a more inclusive game, the AFL has been long been dogged by accusations of sexism and misogyny.
Cuts to local councils are being passed onto domestic violence services – here’s what we need to do to prevent it.
Political parties should commit to supporting the evidence-based recommendations of decades worth of reports into family violence.
BU researchers on the prevalence of mass shootings and gun violence, why parents often underestimate how easily their kids could access a gun and why we know so little about how to solve this problem.
Articles from our archive that offer a variety of insights into the Florida shooting.
While there is still some way to go, media reporting of violence against women and children has improved markedly in recent years.
Should those convicted of domestic violence be punished differently? A professor from the University of Maryland thinks harsher policies may make the problem worse.
This budget focuses on jobs and growth, but has little in it to redress women’s entrenched inequality.
Top contributors
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor of Social Work, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
