Our Publications – Violence Against Women and Children

A global silence – a critical interpretive synthesis of Aboriginal mothering through domestic and family violence.

Abstract: Aboriginal women globally face extreme risk of violence and their exposure to domestic and family violence (DFV) and state ...
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Participatory practice guideline development at the intersections of domestic and family violence, mental distress and/or parental substance use.

Abstract: It is well established that the service system has a poor history of responding holistically to address the needs ...
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DAHLIA-19 Australian Case Study

Abstract: Situated against this background of changes to the family law context is the National Covid-19 List. The Australian mapping ...
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KODY. An all-of-family response to co-occurring substance use and domestic violence: protocol for a quasi-experimental intervention trial.

Abstract: This study aims to build on the existing evidence by trialling the KODY program which addresses harmful substance use ...
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“Never waste a crisis”: Domestic and family violence policy and practice initiatives in response to COVID-19 (DAHLIA-19)

Abstract: This report describes the activities undertaken in 2020-21 by the University of Melbourne with Kids First and Odyssey Across ...
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Kertesz, M., Fogden, L. and Humphreys, C. (2021) The KODY Project: Report on the development of an all-of-family intervention at the intersections of DFV and AOD. Melbourne: University of Melbourne.

Abstract: This report describes the activities undertaken in 2020-21 by the University of Melbourne with Kids First and Odyssey House ...
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Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. (2020). Safe & Together Addressing ComplexitY for Children (STACY for Children): Key findings and future directions (Research to policy and practice, 22/2020). Sydney: ANROWS.

Abstract: The “STACY for Children” project was conducted across three research sites in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria by ...
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Humphreys, C., Kertesz, M., Parolini, A., Isobe, J., Heward-Belle, S., Tsantefski, M., … Healey, L. (2020). Safe & Together Addressing ComplexitY for Children (STACY for Children) (Research report, 22/20). Sydney: ANROWS.

Abstract: The STACY for Children project (2019–20) involved twostudies that investigated whether there was emerging evidencethat the Safe & Together™ ...
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Kertesz, M., Humphreys, C. & Larance, L.Y. (2021). Interventions for women who use force in a family context: an Australian Practice Framework. Melbourne: University of Melbourne.

Abstract: This Practice Framework isdesigned as a brief guide for practitioners and program designers to the principles and intervention style ...
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Warren, A., Martin, R., Chung, D. (2020) Women who use force: Final Report. Volume 3 – National Workforce Survey. Melbourne: University of Melbourne

Abstract: This is the final report (3 volumes) of a research program that has developed the Australian knowledge base about ...
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