Books, Articles and PhDs

This paper examines the experiences of victim-survivors, and the challenges support services face, responding to these harms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown restrictions.

Police body-worn camera (BWC) technologies—affixed to a vest, sunglasses or cap—are deployed by all Australian police agencies, including in frontline responses to domestic and family violence (DFV). This paper presents the findings from the first Australian study focused on how women DFV victim-survivors view and experience BWCs in police call-outs and legal proceedings.

The inclusion of theological beliefs and practices in the analysis of domestic violence is needed, hence this paper explores how Christian theological framings shape men’s perpetration of domestic violence.

Specialized nongovernmental domestic violence (DV) services provide critical support to victim/survivors. This research examines how expanded criminalization impacts support workers’ roles.

Examining the Vietnam War's long-term legacy, this study reveals that women exposed to intense bombing during childhood were more likely to justify intimate partner violence over 30 years later, with disrupted education appearing as a key mechanism perpetuating harmful gender norms.

This article provides an overview of the increased focus on the role of religion, religious leadership and faith-based organisations in ending gender-based violence including domestic violence.

Despite its potentially fatal consequences, sexual choking/strangulation is an increasingly common sexual practice. This paper examined whether and how Australian adults perceived choking/strangulation in terms of “safety.”

This study examines the global evolution of the laws addressing DV, providing insights on the number and types of laws adopted by countries around the world since early 1980s.