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040 _aAFVC
100 _aReeves, Ellen
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245 _aThe potential introduction of police-issued family violence intervention orders in Victoria, Australia :
_bconsidering the unintended consequences
_cEllen Reeves
260 _bTaylor & Francis,
_c2022
500 _aCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice, 2022, First published online, 11 January 2022
520 _aThe 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
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
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650 _aINTERVENTION
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650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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650 _aJUSTICE
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650 4 _9445
_aPOLICE PROCEDURES
650 4 _aPOLICE SAFETY ORDERS
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650 _aPROTECTION ORDERS
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651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 4 _aAUSTRALIA
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651 _aVICTORIA
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773 0 _tCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice, 2022, First published online, 11 January 2022
830 _aCurrent Issues in Criminal Justice
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/10345329.2021.2021721
_zDOI: 10.1080/10345329.2021.2021721 (Open access)
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_cARTICLE