Criminal Justice & Gaols

Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them (USA)

July 2, 2013
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Boys in Custody and the Women Who Abuse Them (USA)

The older authority figure wins the trust of the young target by cultivating a false friendship, having heart-to-heart conversations, giving gifts, offering protection. And then the sex ensues, sometimes forced, sometimes seemingly consensual. It is a...
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The other gender divide: where men are losing out | guardian.co.uk

May 6, 2013
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The other gender divide: where men are losing out | guardian.co.uk

The feminist movement is working to tackle misogyny and its many harmful consequences, but should it address misandry, the male equivalent, too? Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters It's difficult to deny that women suffer more than men as a result of thei...
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Gamarada – Men’s Self Healing Program

August 7, 2012
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Gamarada – Men’s Self Healing Program

What is Gamarada? Gamarada, meaning ‘comrades or friends’ in the Gadigal language of the Eroa Nation is the name that has been given to our program by Uncle Shane Phillips (Tribal Warrior Association). The Gamarada men’s group eme...
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Men fare worse than women in education, health and crime (ABS)

July 27, 2012
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Men fare worse than women in education, health and crime (ABS)

In February 2012 the ABS released its Gender Indicators Report accompanied by a media release titled Busy mums want more paid work that completely ignored male disadvantage (see Men's Health Australia report here). Today they have redressed this i...
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Child sex case: female former teacher arrested on Sydney’s northern beaches

June 22, 2012
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Child sex case: female former teacher arrested on Sydney’s northern beaches

Police have laid seven charges against a female former teacher at a northern beaches high school, who is accused of grooming a teenage male student for sex. The woman was arrested at a unit block in Dee Why at 9.15am and taken to Dee Why police station...
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Mothers who deny fathers access to the couple’s children after a break-up could be jailed (UK)

June 13, 2012
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Mothers who deny fathers access to the couple’s children after a break-up could be jailed (UK)

Separated parents who fail to allow their partners to maintain a proper relationship with their children could be stripped of driving licences or passports, hit with curfews, ordered to do a period of unpaid work or even jailed. Ministers will today pr...
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