states‘There is nothing to indicate there were any barriers to reporting and advice and information was given to [Christina] regarding services but these were not taken up.’This belies any understanding of the dynamics of domestic violence and abuse.1 in 4 women ...
Drawing on interviews with 18 victim-survivors and 23 professional stakeholders, this paper seeks to contribute to existing scholarship by examining how women with insecure migration status living in Victoria, Australia, accessed support for domestic and family violence in the context...
A recurring finding within the research on same-sex intimate partner violence (IPV) is that victims rarely seek assistance from police or other service providers. A study by William Leonard et al (2008: 47) in Victoria, Australia, found ... MJ Ball - 《Queering Paradigms II Interrogating Ag...
are far from safe. Dark secrets: when it comes to domestic violence, lesbians are far from safe.Dark secrets: when it comes to domestic violence, lesbians are far from safe.Brownworth, Victoria A
domestic violence. It is important to emphasize that the government should offer assistance in filing for search applications among people who may have difficulties filing the applications independently, such as the visually impaired or individuals who may be illiterate, so unnecessary barriers can be ...
COURTS, DOMESTIC RELATIONS Juvenile Proceedings, Parental Rights: Provide Procedure for Taking Unruly Child into Custody and Detention of Unruly Child; Child Custody Proceedings: Permit Court Discretion in Awarding Visitation and Custody to a Parent Who Has Committed One or More Acts of Family Violence...
“In any domestic violence case … it’s difficult for victims to come forward, but that’s especially true when the abuser is part of the justice system,” SIRT-NL director Mike King said in an interview last week. “That’s why it’s important for us to be separate and indepe...
Sukhi Sandhu is a leader of Wake Up Surrey, a grassroots group working toward eradicating gang violence in this city. “Parents need to step up, parents need to understand in these times parenting, you need to be involved in your kids’ life from the earliest ages,” he said. “You need...
Victoria L HoltNancy K SuggKluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum PublishersMaternal & Child Health JournalJanssen PA, Holt VL, Sugg NK: Introducing domestic violence assessment in a postpartum clinical setting. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2002, 6 (3) : 195–203....