Responding to family violence : a survey of family law practices and experiences / Rae Kaspiew, Rachel Carson, Melissa Coulson, Jessie Dunstan and Sharnee Moore
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- 7342548
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- [Melbourne, Vic.] : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2015
- [Melbourne] : Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2015
- ©2015
- 1 online resource (xx, 211 pages) : colour illustrations, colour charts.
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- 9781760160524
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The Australian Institute of Family Studies has been commissioned to evaluate recent reforms that aimed to improve the family law system's response to disclosures of family violence, child abuse, and safety concerns. The evaluation is comprised of 3 programs: this report presents the findings of the first component, "Responding to Family Violence: A Survey of Family Law Practices and Experiences". It examines the views and experiences of professionals working across the family law system as well as parents who used family law services after the reforms were introduced. In total, 37 judicial officers and registrars, 322 lawyers, 294 non-legal family law system professionals, and 2,473 recently separated parents were surveyed. The findings of this study indicate that the reforms of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2011 are a step in the right direction for identifying and responding to the risk of harm.
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- Executive summary
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview of the impact of the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2011 (Cth)
- 3. Family violence and child abuse: amended definitions and the removal of perceived legislative disincentives to disclosure
- 4. Identifying and assessing harm and risk of harm
- 5. Service-use dynamics after the family violence reforms
- 6. Responding to harm and risk of harm
- 7. Parents' experiences
- 8. Consequences of the family violence reforms: Qualitative insights
- 9. Summary and conclusions
- Appendices.
- Notes:
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- "October 2015"
- "This report was commissioned and funded by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department (AGD)."--Page. xi.
- At head of title: Evaluation of the 2012 family violence amendments.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Commissioned by the Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
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- Australia. Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Act 2011
- Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- Evaluation
- Domestic relations -- Australia -- Evaluation
- Family law -- Australia -- Evaluation
- Family violence -- Law and legislation -- Australia -- Evaluation
- Separated parents -- Services for -- Australia -- Evaluation
- Victims of family violence -- Services for -- Australia -- Evaluation
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- Responding to Family Violence - A Survey of Family Law Practices and Experiences.
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