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Choking/Strangulation During Sex: Understanding and Negotiating “Safety” Among 18-35 Year Old Australians

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.”

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Domestic violence and the role of imprisonment as a response: men’s post-conviction talk about strangling women

Men’s accounts of strangulation, the law and their imprisonment demonstrate how prisons can be a site for the reproduction of gendered hierarchies, misogynist tropes, and justified violence against women.

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Burn Violence Against Women in Australia: The Tip of the Iceberg From Australian Burn Centers

Our study contributes to emerging international literature demonstrating the confronting nature and consequences of burn violence against women.

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Threats, domestic and family violence and workplace safety in the courts

This article examines existing knowledge about workplace threats and violence to judicial officers and other court staff and considers appropriate reporting protocols and responses to this type of behaviour.

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Feminist Legal Theory

This chapter provides an introduction to feminist legal traditions in Australia for readers to understand how they are rigorous and politically original, and open to be joined, and developed.

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Building Respectful Relationships on Campus: A Case Study

This paper highlights the student-led Sexual Misconduct and Bystander Intervention Training program’s potential and argues for further research to inform best practice across Australian university sexual violence prevention initiatives

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Still Falling Short: Aboriginal Children’s Rights and Victoria’s Child Protection System

Victoria’s child protection system continues to harm Aboriginal children and violate their rights, requiring a rights-based reimagining within current Treaty negotiations.