The first in-depth national examination of victim-survivors’ views on the impacts of the criminalisation of coercive control finds widespread support tempered by caution. The report proposes increasing training for legal professionals, community awareness and support services for victim-survivors.

In Australia and comparable international jurisdictions, a range of provisions, measures, laws and programs are designed to assess and address the risk of intimate partner violence. This project sought to contribute new evidence to inform the further development of whole-of-systems preventive approaches to repeat violence and intimate femicide.

This project represents the first study in Australia and New Zealand to examine the degree to which a domestic violence disclosure scheme (DVDS) provides an effective intervention for victim-survivors of intimate partner violence in enhancing their safety. The findings from this project are relevant to current policy discussions and evaluations of the DVDS in all...

This report presents the findings from a national survey of 1261 victim-survivors of coercive control. The survey examined victim-survivors' views on the criminalisation of coercive control.

This overview examines Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes, including what they are, and where they have been debated across Australia and New Zealand.