Web resource:	https://aifs.gov.au/resources/practice-guides/acssa-aware
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Family violence and sexual assault: aspects of a new report in Victoria on law reform
Other Titles:	Aware : Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault newsletter
Authors:	Morrison, Zoe
Keywords:	Legislation analysis;Sexual assault;Legal issues
Year:	2006
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Family Studies
Citation:	(13), December 2006
Notes:	General overview: This article provides an overview of the Victorian Law Reform Commission's Review of Family Violence Laws Report:(2006), a review of Victoria's Crimes (Family Violence) Act 1987:. Specifically, it focuses on the recommendations to do with sexual assault as part of family violence. Discussion: The article provides a background to the Review of Family Violence Laws Report:(2006). It charts the history of intervention orders in Victoria and their current inadequacy at offering protection to those experiencing family violence. The author summarises the report's main recommendations which, if implemented, would constitute a major overhaul and improvement of the current intervention order system in Victoria. The article outlines the report's findings on sexual assault by family members. The report points out that sexual violence is still unrecognised as a form of family violence and that the research on sexual violence by intimate partners is relatively meagre. Sexual assault and family violence service providers are often separate, making a integrated response difficult. The article notes that the report found current legislation in Australian states and territories, with the exception of Tasmania, mimics dominant community standards and under-recognises sexual assault as a form of family violence. The author argues that the inclusion of 'sexual assault' in the definition of family violence would offer greater protection to those experience sexual family violence. The inclusion of sexual violence would make it explicitly clear that this act does occur within families, and that it is unacceptable and illegal.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14759
ISSN:	1448-8140
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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