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999			_c3049 _d3049
001			111296
005			20250625151238.0
008			110331s2002 eng
040			_aWSS _dAFV
245			_aThe Domestic Violence Act 1995 : _bhow does it impact on Women's Refuge? A report involving Women's Refuge advocates _cAnon.
260			_c2002
300			_a44 p.
365			_a00 _b0
500			_aThesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work (Applied) This item is only available from the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges Inc.
520			_aThis thesis examines the impact of the Domestic Violence Act (1995) on Women's Refuge. The research was based on feminist theory of male power and control over women. The author surveyed Women's Refuge advocates about how the Domestic Violence Act impacts on their Refuge work. The questions focused on the following six areas: the impact on their Refuge; protection orders; women's programmes; children using Refuge services; stopping violence programmes for perpetrators; and general comments on the Domestic Violence Act. Advocates' comments were analysed using cross-case analysis, and themes were generated from the responses. These themes, along with the relevant literature, form the basis of the author's recommendations. These include the need for: governmental funding of Women's Refuge to reflect the magnitude of the services provided; programmes to be more culturally appropriate and available in more rural areas; the Police to enforce protection orders and to prosecute when these are breached; ongoing public education about domestic violence with education beginning as early as primary school age; and entitlement of all women to legal aid when in need of protection.
522			_anz
610		0	_aNational Collective of Independent Women's Refuges _910092
650	2	7	_2FVC _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE _9203
650		5	_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT 1995 _9204
650	2	7	_2FVC _aINTERVENTION _9326
650	2	7	_2FVC _aLEGISLATION _9346
650	2	7	_2FVC _aPROTECTION ORDERS _9470
650	2	4	_aSOCIAL SERVICES _9555
650	2	7	_aTHESES _9606
650	2	7	_9431 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE _2FVC
650	2	7	_9458 _aPREVENTION _2FVC
650		5	_9650 _aWOMEN'S REFUGES
942			_2ddc _cTHESIS