Expanding police powers in dealing with family violence comes with considerable risks to victim-survivors, and should be treated with caution.
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There are signs Australian police have moved away from community service towards more enforcement – this is a troubling development.
Policing during the pandemic has tended to focus on punitive measures against individuals. A community-focused, public health approach would move away from coercive policing.
The recent tragic deaths of four Victorian police officers have highlighted the dangers to those whose job it is to protect the community.
In three years, 173 people died from 17 ramming vehicle attacks worldwide. This week, Victoria police announced a policy supporting officers to shoot drivers of weaponised cars.
Last week seven people were arrested for being alleged members of a begging ‘syndicate’. Stories like this entrench public perceptions of the homeless as criminal.
A complaints system in which police investigate themselves is hardly likely to instil confidence in communities where police are regarded as the problem rather than the solution.
After a violent brawl involving African Australians on Sunday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggested Victoria Police needed to take a firmer hand – but it’s far more complicated than that.
A Victorian woman claims police were negligent in failing to prevent breaches of protection orders against her ex-partner – a case that may open up new legal avenues in domestic violence cases.
The delegation of authority to police to assess their own use of force is no longer something that can be applied solely on trust.
The police in schools model abolished in Victoria in 2006 represents an outdated, paternalistic approach to youth crime and would not likely reduce youth crime rates if we brought it back now.
Under recently announced Victoria Police changes, family violence will be investigated as major crime by specialised units.
The Channel 7 show Million Dollar Cold Case has seen Victoria Police dispense with the practice of not naming suspects until they are charged – a potentially fraught strategy.
Police remain critical in the effort to tackling family violence in all its forms. But more than just a commitment to extra police and training is needed to improve outcomes for victim-survivors.
Any policy governing police pursuits must balance the need to apprehend offenders with the safety of the community.
To say a workplace problem is systemic means that its underlying causes are deeply embedded in the structures and everyday practices of an organisation.
Sexual harassment is a persistent and damaging problem in many Australian workplaces. But why does it appear to be an entrenched feature of some organisational settings more than others?
A police officer meets someone in a bar, one thing leads to another and within a few weeks a relationship blossoms. The officer then discovers that the person’s brother is a known criminal. Or an officer…
A Victorian Supreme Court jury is currently hearing a case involving former drug squad detective, Paul Dale, who has pleaded not guilty to twelve counts of giving false evidence to the Australian Crime…
Victoria Police recently announced an inquiry into their public relations and cultural awareness training, after a group of young African Australians claimed they had been victims of over-policing and…
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Director, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre; Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Criminology, University of Canberra
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Researcher, Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
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Sessional Lecturer, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Centre for Women's Studies & Gender Research, Sociology, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW Law, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Criminology, Monash University
