Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Family violence and homelessness: removing the perpetrator from the home
Other Titles:	Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre Newsletter
Authors:	Southwell, Jenni
Keywords:	Protection orders;Housing
Year:	2002
Publisher:	Domestic Violence & Incest Resource Centre
Citation:	(3), Spring 2002
Notes:	In researching the area of family violence which advocates removing the perpetrator from the home, the author finds that there is considerable confusion in Australia over the meaning of the term ‘sole occupancy order’ primarily due to its ‘invisibility’ to potential users of the legislation. Internationally, legal jurisdictions make use of ‘sole occupancy’ or ‘exclusion’ orders under family law, criminal law or dedicated family violence legislation by invoking short- to medium-term court orders to provide a level of protection to aggrieved parties and to address the homelessness they might suffer should the perpetrator not be removed. Southwell looks at the two main avenues available to victims of family violence in Victoria as regards exclusion orders and compares them with overseas legislation and implementation. In discussing the information vacuum which surrounds the use of sole occupancy intervention orders she describes the difficulties for both victims of domestic violence and service providers who approach the legal system as well as the invisibility of these exclusion orders in the area of data collection.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14756
ISSN:	1324-4264
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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