TY  - SER
AU  - Reeves, Ellen
TI  - The potential introduction of police-issued family violence intervention orders in Victoria, Australia : : considering the unintended consequences
PY  - 2022///
PB  - Taylor & Francis, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - POLICE PROCEDURES
KW  - POLICE SAFETY ORDERS
KW  - PROTECTION ORDERS
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - VICTORIA
N1  - Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2022, First published online, 11 January 2022
N2  - The Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, in its
landmark 2016 report, recommended that in five years – 2021 – the Victorian Government consider expanding police powers to include the ability to grant on-the-spot family violence
intervention orders. Such orders would see a bypassing of judicial oversight where deemed appropriate, thus mirroring the
Tasmanian model, where police can issue orders for up to 12
months, unless the respondent seeks to have the order varied or revoked in court. There is currently a division in the family
violence sector as to the appropriateness of police-issued civil
protection orders, with many family violence advocates raising
significant concerns. This article considers current debates
regarding police-issued civil protection orders and highlights the misidentification of women victim-survivors of family violence as predominant aggressors as a possible unintended consequence of such reform. With the Victorian Government due to respond to Recommendation 59 of the Royal Commission into Family Violence this year, this commentary provides a timely analysis of sector debates and reinforces the potential harms of increasing police powers in a space where they have historically responded poorly. (Author's abstract). Record #7455
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2021.2021721
ER  -