Webinar: Views of Australian Judicial Officers on DFV Perpetrator Interventions

Webinar: Views of Australian Judicial Officers on DFV Perpetrator Interventions
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The Family Law Pathways Networks across Australia invite you to join a free webinar by Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Professor JaneMaree Maher on 'The views of Australian judicial officers on domestic and family violence perpetrator interventions'.

SESSION DETAILS:

WHEN   Tuesday, 20 October
   10:00AM – 11:30AM AWST (1:00PM – 2:30PM AEDT)
WHERE    Online webinar
TICKETS 

   Free of charge, registrations essential.
   Register here


Registered participants will be emailed a link for the webinar within 24 hours of the scheduled start time and will also have access to a recording of the webinar for a period of time following the live stream. If you are unable to join the live stream but wish to view the recording at a later time, please register in order to receive the link.

DESCRIPTION:

Despite increasing acknowledgement of the importance of perpetrator interventions in the delivery of integrated responses to family violence and promoting perpetrator accountability, there remains very little understanding of how magistrates and other judicial officers view, manage and use perpetrator interventions. This presentation will present the findings for our ANROWS national project examining the use, influence and management of perpetrator interventions in sentencing of domestic and family violence offenders. Our analysis of interviews conducted with 60 judicial officers from across all Australian state and territory jurisdictions reveals that the effective use of perpetrator interventions in decision making is constrained by:

  • Limited judicial access to information about which (if any) perpetrator interventions have been previously used with a perpetrator,
  • A lack of knowledge among judicial officers about perpetrator program referral options, in relation to both the availability and nature of programs available, and
  • Uncertainty over the role of the judicial officers in holding perpetrators to account.

Each of these barriers to effective practice will be discussed alongside recommendations to support judicial officers and judicial practice moving forward. 

Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Associate Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon is Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and an Associate Professor in Criminology in the Faculty of Arts, Monash University (Victoria, Australia). Kate conducts research in the field of family violence, femicide, criminal justice responses to family violence, and the impact of criminal law reform in Australia and internationally. Kate has advised on homicide law reform and family violence reviews in several Australian and international jurisdictions. In 2016 she was appointed to the Victorian Special Minister’s Expert Advisory Committee on Perpetrator Interventions and in 2018 she was appointed to the inaugural Board of Directors of Respect Victoria.

Professor JaneMaree Maher

Professor JaneMaree Maher is an internationally recognised gender studies scholar with a focus on family lives and gender violence. Her research critically examines how social institutions such as families and the criminal justice system create gendered inequalities and inequities. Professor Maher is currently Associate Dean Academic Development in the Faculty of Arts and a key researcher within the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre.

Please note that we are unable to issue legal CPD certificates or certificates of attendance for this webinar. However, many viewers will be able to claim their own CPE/CPD points for attendance, and should consult their respective professional organisations for further clarification and guidance.

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The WA Family Law Pathways Network acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land and waters on which we live and work, and pays our respects to Elders past, present and future for they carry the cultural wisdom, the stories, the traditions and dreaming. With a commitment to reconciliation, we acknowledge the ongoing impact of past policies and practices, and commit our endeavours to creating a just society and sector that celebrates the ongoing resilience and self-determination of our first peoples and communities.

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