EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS
Powerful interventions: Improving the use and enforcement of intervention orders as a tool to address family and domestic violence in South Australia
Background
The primary aim of the "Powerful interventions" project is to improve the quality of South Australia’s response to family and domestic violence by identifying practical reform options to increase access to and enforcement of intervention orders in South Australia. This aim aligns with the strong demand within the South Australian community to see the intervention orders regime improved, reflected in the recent introduction of a Private Members' bill outlining a series of reforms in this area. High-quality, evidence-based and locally orientated research is urgently needed to enable the South Australian community and legal profession to interact meaningfully with this reform landscape.
Aim
The primary aim of the "Powerful interventions" project is to improve the quality of South Australia’s response to family and domestic violence by identifying practical reform options to increase access to and enforcement of intervention orders in South Australia.
Methods
In order to achieve this aim, the "Powerful interventions" project will:
a. analyse the existing data relating to the use and enforcement of intervention orders in South Australia
b. analyse the existing data relating to compliance and breach of intervention orders in South Australia
c. identify the key legal, social, cultural and other barriers to the effective enforcement of intervention orders in South Australia
d. identify practical reform options to address or remove these barriers, and increase access to and the effectiveness of enforcement of intervention orders in South Australia.