Domestic violence is a housing issue. Ensuring survivors have access to safe accommodation is key to enabling them to escape.
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Abusers are exploiting all manner of smart tech and software to extend their capacity for coercive control.
For women outside urban Australia, technology-enabled abuse can pose more risk than for those in cities.
Coercive control seeks to disempower victims of domestic abuse on every level. Leaving the family home – and disentangling feelings of care – is a complex process.
Violent or ‘rough’ sex is often part of a pattern of coercive control.
There’s a need to better understand coercive control as an important component of domestic violence when it comes to making decisions around co-parenting.
Ghanians fear that the country’s security services still bear the hallmarks of bad old practices.
The law continues to treat intimate partner violence like a bar fight – considering only what happened in a given violent incident. But domestic violence isn’t about just physical violence.
The new SBS documentary is not easy to watch. But it is a big chance to reset the conversation about domestic violence.
Women leaving violent situations need to be able to ensure the safety of their companion animals, and a motion before the Victorian parliament is seeking changes to achieve that.
Australia first needs a better understanding of what coercive control is and how to respond to it. If law reform is rushed, victims will be put at risk.
There is no specific crime of catfishing in Australia. So we have to make better use of existing laws to address this devastating behaviour.
New research shows Australian women living under new coronavirus regulations are in fear of their lives from abusive partners or former partners. Action must be taken now to stop it.
The ability to prosecute alleged domestic abuse cases without the support of the victim is vital.
It is important that police forces and the CPS are able to recognise that coercive control and couple violence are different and require different handling.
New laws in the UK have led to convictions for a range of deplorable behaviours used to control partners in relationships. It’s time Australia reconsidered introducing such legislation here.
Advocates say the recent quashing of Sally Challen’s murder conviction brought attention to a hidden feature of domestic violence. But it may have also painted Challen as an unstable woman.
Sally Challen, convicted of murdering her husband in 2010, will now face a retrial. A lawyer explains the legal significance of the ruling.
It’s still rare for cases of coercive control to reach prosecution.
According to a study by Parity, more than 40% of domestic violence victims are male.
Principales colaboradores
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University of London
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Psychologist and Programme Leader, University of Salford
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Psychologist and Programme Leader, University of Salford
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Deputy Dean, School of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Criminal Law Researcher, Deakin University
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Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice , De Montfort University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, Griffith University
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Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Director of the Centre for Independent Studies Intergenerational Program and PhD candidate at, Australian National University
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Program Manager Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Social Work, The University of Melbourne
