Type:	Report
Title:	South Australian domestic violence laws : discussion and options for reform
Authors:	Pyke, Maurine
Keywords:	Perpetrator programs;Legal issues;Protection orders
Year:	2007
Publisher:	South Australian Attorney-General's Department
Notes:	General Overview: This discussion paper outlines options for reform of South Australian domestic violence laws and includes a comparison of South Australian law and practice with that of other jurisdictions. Discussion: This discussion paper examines eleven issues relating to South Australian domestic violence laws. Regarding each issue, it raises questions, outlines options for reform, reports on law and practice in other Australian jurisdictions and New Zealand, and provides a brief discussion. 1. Should the Domestic Violence Act 1994 contain a preamble of guiding principles and if so, what should they be? 2. Should the grounds for making restraining orders be altered to include emotional, psychological or economic abuse? 9. Penalties for breaching restraining orders, including mandated perpetrator programs 10. Exchange of information between courts making restraining orders and Youth Court, Family Court and Federal Magistrates Court Comments on the discussion paper were to be submitted by 21 May 2007.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19028
Physical description:	142 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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