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A violence-free Victoria.

It all starts with respect.

References: Bringing people who use violence into focus

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  1. ​​ABS. 2022. Crime Victimisation, Australia 2020-21. 12 October. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/crime-victimisation/2020-21.

  2. ABS. 2023. Personal Safety, Australia. 15 March. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/crime-and-justice/personal-safety-australia/latest-release.

  3. ​AIHW. 2024. Family, domestic and sexual violence. 12 April. https://www.aihw.gov.au/family-domestic-and-sexual-violence/understanding-fdsv/coercive-control#:~:text=Given%20the%20complex%20nature%20of,to%20measure%20the%20prevalence%20precisely.

  4. ​AIHW. 2024. FDSV summary. 6 April. https://www.aihw.gov.au/family-domestic-and-sexual-violence/resources/fdsv-summary#:~:text=It%20is%20estimated%20that%20of,family%20member%20(ABS%202023c).

  5. AIHW. 2024. Prevalence and impact of mental illness. 30 April. https://www.aihw.gov.au/mental-health/overview/prevalence-and-impact-of-mental-illness#:~:text=The%20total%20proportion%20has%20risen,from%203%25%20to%205%25.

  6. ​Anderson, RE, KE Silver, AM Ciampaglia, AM Vitale, and DL Delahunty. 2019. “The frequency of sexual perpetration in college men: A systematic review of reported prevalence rates from 2000 to 2017.” Trauma, Violence & Abuse 22 (3). https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1524838019860619.

  7. ​ANROWS. 2023. Attitudes matter: The National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey. https://www.ncas.au/.

  8. ​Flood, M, C Brown, L Dembele, and K Mills. 2022. Who uses domestic, family, and sexual violence, how, and why? The state of knowledge report on violence perpetration. Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology. https://research.qut.edu.au/centre-for-justice/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2023/01/Who-uses-domestic-family-and-sexual-violence-how-and-why-The-State-of-Knowledge-Report-on-Violence-Perpetration-2023.pdf.

  9. ​FVRIM. 2023. Legislative review of family violence information sharing and risk management: Reviewing the effectiveless of Parts 5A and 11 of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 (Vic). Melbourne, Australia: State of Victoria. https://content.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-08/Legislative-review-of-family-violence-information-sharing-and-risk-management-2023.PDF.

  10. ​Green, A, M Price, and S Dorison. 2021. “Cumulative minority stress and suicide risk among LGBTQ youth.” American Journal of Community Psychology 69 (1-2): 157-168. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajcp.12553.

  11. ​H Boxall, L Doherty, S Lawler, C Franks, S Bricknell. 2022. The "Pathways to intimate partner homicide" project: Key stages and events in male-perpetrated intimate partner homicie in Australia. Canberra, Australia: ANROWS. https://www.anrows.org.au/publication/the-pathways-to-intimate-partner-homicide-project-key-stages-and-events-in-male-perpetrated-intimate-partner-homicide-in-australia.

  12. ​Morgan A, Boxall H. 2022. Economic insecurity and intimate partner violence in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia: ANROWS. https://anrowsdev.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Economic-insecurity-and-IPV-during-the-C19-RR2.pdf.

  13. ​Our Watch. 2021. Change the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Australia (2nd ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Our Watch. https://media-cdn.ourwatch.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/11/18101814/Change-the-s.

  14. ​Paulino A, Kuja-Halkola R, Fazel S, Sariaslan A, Du Rietz E, Lichtenstein P, et al. 2023. “Post-traumatic stress disorder and the risk of violence crime conviction in Sweden: a nationwide, register-based cohort study.” The Lancet Public Health 8 (6). https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(23)00075-0/fulltext.

  15. ​Quadara, A. 2014. “The Everydayness of Rape.” In Preventing Sexual Violence: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Overcoming a Rape Culture, by N Henry and A Powell, 41-63. Palgrave Macmillan.

  16. ​Randell, Eva, Lars Jerden, Ann Ohman, Starrin Bengt, and Renee Flacking. 2016. “Tough sensitive and sincere: How adolescent boys manage masculinities and emotions.” International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 21 (4): 486-498. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02673843.2015.1106414.

  17. ​Salter M, Woodlock D. 2023. Intimate partner violence perpetrated by women against men. Melbourne, Australia: Respect Victoria. https://www.respectvictoria.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/202312/Summarising%20the%20Evidence_WIPV_research%20summary.pdf.

  18. ​Salter, M et al. 2023. Identifying an understanding child sexual offending behaviours and attitudes among Australian men. UNSW Human Rights Institute. https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/sites/default/files/documents/Identifying%20and%20understanding%20child%20sexual%20offending%20behaviour%20and%20attitudes%20among%20Australian%20men.pdf.

  19. ​Sharma, J. 2023. “Coping mechanisms in boys and girls and the consequences of domestic violence witnessed by children.” University of Minnesota, Morris. https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=capstone.

  20. ​The Men's Project, Flood M. 2024. The Man Box 2024: Re-examining what it means to be a man in Australia. Melbourne, Australia: Jesuit Social Services. https://jss.org.au/programs/research/the-man-box/.

  21. ​Van Dorn R, Volavka J, Johnson N. 2012. “Mental disorder and violence: is there a relationship beyond substance use?” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 47: 487-503. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-011-0356-x. 

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