Defining Domestic Violence in Protection Order Legislation: A pilot observational study in the ACT

MELISSA GIBB; Patricia EASTEAL

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Defining Domestic Violence in Protection Order Legislation: A pilot observational study in the ACT

MELISSA GIBB, Patricia EASTEAL

Canberra Law School

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A 2013 cross-jurisdictional Australian analysis of the content and substance of protection order legislation found the ACT to have the weakest protection — in part since it fails to mention specific types of domestic violence within its definition of domestic violence for interim and final orders. This study investigates how true this is in practice and examine if the experiences of applicants that are not defined in the Domestic Violence and Protection Orders Act 2008 (‘the Act’) less visible and less protected than those that are?.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	113-117
Number of pages	5
Journal	Alternative Law Journal
Volume	40
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1504000211
Publication status	Published - 2015

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