Law Reform - Family/Domestic Violence
Law Reform- Family/Domestic Violence
• Family/Domestic violence encompasses all forms of violence between intimate partners, either they are married or not married, in de facto relationships, boyfriends, girlfriends gay or straight; violence between other members of a family, household or community - The Domestic and Family Violence Act was amended in 2007 to include all matters that relate to Domestic Violence Orders - This amendment means that adults are required by law to report domestic and family violence to police if they think someone has or is likely to suffer serious physical harm from domestic violence. - This law was introduced because safety and protection are important, (sections 124 and 125 of the Act makes reporting a serious physical harm to everyone’s business; and it aims to ensure that people who commit domestic/family violence are held accountable for their actions and their decision to use any sort of violence).
• Family/Domestic violence- physical abuse, sexual assaults, threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, social isolation, property damage, financial deprivation, spiritual abuse, child abuse and neglect.
• There have been many methods that have been used to prevent/stop family/domestic violence. These methods include: reports; radio ads/radio; transcripts; flyers and posters.
• According to the ALRC report 114 - (family violence - A National Legal Response), it defines domestic/family violence as:
- It is linked to criminal offences.
- It captures non-physical violence.
- It turns on the impact on the victim or the intent of the person committing family/domestic violence .
- It captures abuse experience by certain groups in the community - such as those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, the aged, people with a disability and people in a same-sex relationship.
• The NSW family violence legislation does not define family violence. Instead it defines family violence as ‘domestic violence offence’ by
• Family/Domestic violence encompasses all forms of violence between intimate partners, either they are married or not married, in de facto relationships, boyfriends, girlfriends gay or straight; violence between other members of a family, household or community - The Domestic and Family Violence Act was amended in 2007 to include all matters that relate to Domestic Violence Orders - This amendment means that adults are required by law to report domestic and family violence to police if they think someone has or is likely to suffer serious physical harm from domestic violence. - This law was introduced because safety and protection are important, (sections 124 and 125 of the Act makes reporting a serious physical harm to everyone’s business; and it aims to ensure that people who commit domestic/family violence are held accountable for their actions and their decision to use any sort of violence).
• Family/Domestic violence- physical abuse, sexual assaults, threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, social isolation, property damage, financial deprivation, spiritual abuse, child abuse and neglect.
• There have been many methods that have been used to prevent/stop family/domestic violence. These methods include: reports; radio ads/radio; transcripts; flyers and posters.
• According to the ALRC report 114 - (family violence - A National Legal Response), it defines domestic/family violence as:
- It is linked to criminal offences.
- It captures non-physical violence.
- It turns on the impact on the victim or the intent of the person committing family/domestic violence .
- It captures abuse experience by certain groups in the community - such as those from a culturally and linguistically diverse background, the aged, people with a disability and people in a same-sex relationship.
• The NSW family violence legislation does not define family violence. Instead it defines family violence as ‘domestic violence offence’ by