Imagine you’re a child protection worker who has received a notification from a teacher voicing concerns about a child in her class. The case involves a five-year-old boy named Toby. Toby’s mum has had…
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Some religious groups are feeling under attack. They claim their “freedom of religion” is being impaired. For example, federal Attorney-General George Brandis, speaking to the Law School of Notre Dame…
Children endure many forms of violence, from slapping and pushing, to fatal assaults; almost one in five of the world’s homicide victims in 2012 were under 20. The recently released UNICEF report on violence…
When entertainer Rolf Harris was convicted of 12 cases of indecent assault there was first shock from his many fans in Australia and overseas, then a sense of disbelief that a man who won the hearts of…
The horrific neglect and subsequent death of Daniel Pelka at the hands of his mother and step-father raises a number of questions about safeguarding procedures and practice. We are told teachers were concerned…
Research published this month in the journal Pediatrics confirms what child advocates have long known: it’s never okay to hit children. Study author Tracie Afifi and her colleagues investigated the link…
How does one establish a plan to lure one of your female colleagues into a dormitory room for consensual sex, but unwittingly into the scope of a webcam for broadcast? How does it come to fruition? What…
One could be mistaken for thinking that the recent flurry of activity around Defence abuse is a recent phenomenon. The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Skype Affair of 2011 drew nation-wide attention…
Victorian victims of clergy sex crimes and their families have been fighting for justice for years – some for decades. The previous Labor state government did nothing for them. The Baillieu government…
As many as 20 infants unnecessarily die in Australia each year from child abuse head injuries. “Abusive Head Trauma (AHT…
Impulsive behaviour linked with alcohol has a deadly effect say researchers who followed 515 alcohol abusers for 15 years…
Women who are raped, sexually assaulted, bashed by a partner or stalked are much more likely to develop mental health problems than women who do not experience gender-based violence, a study has found…
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor, Director, Open Door: Understanding and Supporting Service Personnel and their Families, Flinders University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Denver
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Associate Professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor, University of Waikato
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Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Associate Professor in Sport Psychology and Safe Sport, Bournemouth University
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Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
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Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor of History and Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
