TY - SER AU - Jeffries, Samantha AU - Bond, Christine E.W. AU - Field, Rachael TI - Australian domestic violence protection order legislation: a comparative quantitative content analysis of victim safety provisions PY - 2013/// PB - Informit, KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - JUSTICE KW - LEGISLATION KW - PROTECTION ORDERS KW - SAFETY KW - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - AUSTRALIA KW - NORTHERN TERRITORY KW - SOUTH AUSTRALIA KW - VICTORIA N1 - Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2013, 25(2): 627-643 N2 - This paper assesses the victim safety focus of domestic violence protection order legislation in each Australian state and territory. The analysis shows that the Northern Territory, South Australia and Victoria ‘stand out’ from the other jurisdictions, having the highest victim safety focus in their legislation. However there is scope for improvement in all Australian jurisdictions. (from the abstract) UR - http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=779047083854556;res=IELHSS ER -