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Latest research on violence against women & their children – <br>12 Oct 2016
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Latest research on violence against women & their children –
12 Oct 2016

Monday, 10th October 2016


Research this week includes surveys of Australia girls and their perceptions of equality, and Australian adults and technology-facilitated victimisation as well as police responses to domestic violence and sexual assault.

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Australian

Fitz-Gibbon, K., & Walklate, S. (2016). Homicide, gender and responsibility: An international perspective. New York: Routledge.

Harris, D.A. (2016). A descriptive model of desistance from sexual offending: Examining the narratives of men released from custodyInternational Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 60(15), 1717-1737.

Kulkarni, J., & Galletly, C. (2016). Commentary: Improving safety for women in psychiatry wardsAustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, [ahead-of-print]. DOI: 10.1177/0004867416667234 

Our Watch. (2016). Whole School Approach Toolkit [electronic resource]. Available at: https://bit.ly/2dF2nH6

Plan International, & Our Watch. (2016). Everyday sexism: Girls’ and young women’s views on gender inequality in Australia. Melbourne: Plan International ; Our Watch. 

Powell, A., & Henry, N. (2016). Technology-facilitated sexual violence victimization: Results from an online survey of Australian adults. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, [ahead-of-print]. DOI:10.1177/0886260516672055

Stubbs, J. (2016). Gendered violence, intersectionalities and resisting gender neutrality. UNSW Law Research Paper, 2016-12.

Stubbs, J. (2016). Murder, manslaughter and domestic violence. In K. Fitz-Gibbon & S. Walklate (Eds.), Homicide, gender and responsibility: An international perspective, (pp. 36-52). New York: Routledge.

Stubbs, J. (2016). Women, girls and gendered violence. In J. Stubbs, & S. Tomsen (Es.) Australian violence: Crime, criminal justice and beyond (pp. 67-86).  Leichhardt, NSW: Federation Press.

Stubbs, J., & Wangmann, J. (2015). Competing conceptions of victims of domestic violence within legal processes. In D. Wilson & S. Ross (Eds.), Crime, victims and policy : International contexts, local experiences (pp. 107-132). Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

International

Cannon, C.E.B., & Buttrell, F.P. (2016). The social construction of roles in intimate partner violence: Is the victim/perpetrator model the only viable one? Journal of Family Violence, [ahead-of-print]. DOI:10.1007/s10896-016-9883-2

Fitz-Gibbon, K., & Walklate, S. (2016). The efficacy of Clare’s Law in domestic violence law reform in England and Wales. Criminology & Criminal Justice, [ahead-of-print]. DOI:10.1177/1748895816671383

Hamby, S., Smith, A., Mitchell,K., & Turner, H. (2016). Poly-victimization and resilience portfolios: Trends in violence research that can enhance the understanding and prevention of elder abuseJournal of Elder Abuse  Neglect, [ahead-of-print]. DOI:10.1080/08946566.2016.1232182

Haselschwerdt, M.L., & Hardesty, J.L. (2016). Managing secrecy and disclosure of domestic violence in affluent communities. Journal of Marriage and Family, [ahead-of-print]. DOI:10.1111/jomf.12345

Kirkner, A., Relyea, M., & Ullman, S.E. (2016). Predicting the effects of sexual assault research participation: Reactions, perceived insight, and help-seeking.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, [ahead-of-print]. DOI:10.1177/0886260516670882

Marsh, J. (2016). Employment is empowerment: The impact of domestic violence on women’s professional growthTrauma Psychology News, Summer 2016.

Shaw, J.,  Campbell, R., Cain, D., & Feeney, H. (2016). Beyond surveys and scales: How rape myths manifest in sexual assault police recordsPsychology of Violence, [online]. DOI:10.1037/vio0000072 

Tolman, R.M., Casey, E.A., Allen, C.T., Carlson, J., Leek, C., & Storer, H.L. (2016). A global exploratory analysis of men participating in gender-based violence prevention. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, [ahead-of-print]. DOI:10.1177/0886260516670181

Vigurs, C., Wire, J., Myhill, A., & Gough, D. (2016). Police initial responses to domestic abuse: A systematic review. [London?]: College of Policing.



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