Rather than focusing on specific cultural practices, we need to concentrate on all forms of economic abuse as coercive control.
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Australians are more aware of domestic violence and sexual assault than before. But a worrying proportion blame victims for abuse, think women are lying, and don't believe consent is always necessary.
In order to change public opinion, campaigns need to move beyond awareness raising and start addressing the perpetrators and causes of domestic violence.
Are claims that intimate partner violence is the leading cause of death for Australian women aged 18-44 substantiated?
The term “domestic violence” typically conjures images of physical assaults perpetrated by men against women and children in the home. But beneath the tip of the iceberg of severe violence lie a myriad…
Protection orders form a central plank of the various state and territory governments’ response to domestic violence. First introduced in New South Wales in the 1980s and known by a different names across…
“Why doesn’t she just leave?” is the common question people ask when trying to understand domestic violence. The answer is far from straightforward. Central to domestic violence is an ongoing pattern of…
The law’s response to lethal domestic violence in Australia raises complex issues. It requires a delicate balance to be struck between ensuring a just response to those who kill in response to prolonged…
Did the grim story of dapper real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay’s calculated murder of his wife Allison in April 2012, played out recently in a Brisbane court with a life sentence, make you feel afraid…
Once a hidden crime, domestic violence has in recent years emerged as a mainstream criminal justice issue in Australia. Cases such as Queensland man Gerard Baden-Clay’s murder of his wife Allison and the…
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
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Director, Research & Translation, University of Melbourne
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Professor, Sociology of Communications, Graduate School of Business & Law, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
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Director, Homicide Research Unit/Deputy Director, Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Forensic Behavioural Science, Director of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Crimninology; Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Monash University
