Submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW (Inquiry)

October 19, 2011
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The One in Three Campaign has lodged its submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Domestic violence trends and issues in NSW (Inquiry).

To summarise the main points in the submission:

  • The existence of male victims and female perpetrators needs to be acknowledged by government legislation, policy and programs.
  • The provision of perpetrator programs needs to be statewide. Community health counselling services are the logical provider.
  • The psychosocial counselling needs of perpetrators must be met. This is rarely the case in groups based on the Duluth model.
  • We would recommend the use of GPS bracelets only in such (rare) cases where the evidentiary basis for an ADVO is sufficient.
  • Domestic and family violence policy needs to recognise all victims and perpetrators, including children, carers and extended family members.
  • Gender-profiling of offenders and victims in legislation must be removed.
  • The assistance and accountability of police services needs to be improved.
  • The NSW Health domestic violence screening tool should be expanded to include men as well as women.

You can read the full submission here (PDF).

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