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040 _aAFVC
100 _aReeves, Ellen
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245 _aFamily violence, protection orders and systems abuse :
_bviews of legal practitioners
_cEllen Reeves
260 _bTaylor & Francis,
_c2020
500 _aCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice, 2020, 32(1): 91-110
520 _aFamily violence is a prominent public health issue in Australia, and in accordance with its gendered nature, women and children face significant risk. Knowledge of family violence is both multidisciplinary and continuously growing, yet explorations of the experiences of female ‘perpetrators’ remain limited. This article discusses research on the misidentification of female victim-survivors as predominant aggressors within the context of Victoria's family violence intervention order (FVIO) system, which was conducted through interviews with eight Melbourne-based legal practitioners. To date, understanding women's experiences of misidentification in the FVIO system has been left under-researched. Whilst there are multiple explanations for the misidentification of predominant aggressors within other jurisdictions, this paper is particularly concerned with the intersection between manipulative techniques employed by abusers and the FVIO system. The findings of this research suggest that male perpetrators may use the FVIO system to commit ‘systems abuse’ by encouraging police officers to apply for a FVIO against the genuine victim-survivor. It is argued that there is a strong need for a greater recognition of systems abuse within the police and the judiciary in order to prevent the FVIO system from serving as a tool of abuse readily available to perpetrators of family violence.(Author's abstract). Record #7287
650 _aABUSED WOMEN
_925
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 _aFAMILY COURT
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650 _aFAMILY VIOLENCE
_9252
650 _aINTERVENTION
_9326
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 _aJUSTICE
_9333
650 _aPERPETRATORS
_92644
650 _aPROTECTION ORDERS
_9470
650 _aSAFETY
_9511
650 4 _aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9624
651 _aINTERNATIONAL
_93624
651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
_92597
773 0 _tCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice, 2020, 32(1): 91-110
830 _aCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2019.1665816
_yDOI: 10.1080/10345329.2019.1665816
942 _2ddc
_cARTICLE