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Merging the back-end operations of Australia’s federal courts could have significant implications for the way in which resources are allocated to meet the needs of family courts and their clients.
Not only are women in regional and rural areas more likely to experience partner violence than their city counterparts, it’s more difficult to leave and re-establish a new life.
Police are entrusted with enforcing the laws against domestic violence – the same laws that some are breaking in their own relationships.
It’s not just a lack of access to healthcare that causes child mortality.
Momentum for reform to end domestic violence should not stop at the most dramatic expressions of abuse. Economic abuse can also contribute to a lifetime of struggle for women.
There is growing evidence indicating that violence against women may be the consequence of society’s rigid and stereotyped beliefs about what it means to be a “real man”.
Police-worn body cameras could be a helpful tool for law enforcement in cases involving domestic violence. But they could also have unintended consequences.
Chris Brown may be denied entry into Australia due to his violent past. Is this political posturing, or genuine support for survivors of domestic abuse?
Australia needs to treat and respond to domestic violence as a serious crime threat with risk mitigation and crime management strategies.
A report on young Australians’ attitudes towards violence against women highlights some worrying trends. But it’s not all bad news.
Online support forums provide emotional help to domestic violence survivors in ways often missed by traditional public services.
Can the Queensland government’s domestic violence reforms address the heightened risk involved in leaving an abusive or controlling partner?
South Africa’s violence against women ranks as one of the worst in the world. As much as 40-50% of women in the country have suffered intimate partner violence.
Crime rates have fallen - but our expert explains that it’s too soon to celebrate.
Can relationship lessons in the classroom end violence against women?
Many communities struggle with crime, violence and abuse, but they are not all the same. Those that look to local expertise for solutions offer hope in a world where success in preventing violence is rare.
We’ve heard promises to act on domestic violence too often before. But a new Queensland plan offers public accountability measures – which could finally turn rhetoric into real action.
If you’re a woman in poverty, you’re at risk of sexual exploitation. If you’ve just become educated and employed, then you’re at greater risk of domestic abuse.
Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence will today hear how the health system can better respond to partner abuse, with the help of trained professionals and broader, government support.
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 of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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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, Flinders University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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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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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
