Web resource:	http://www.aija.org.au/online//judithpeirce.pdf
Type:	Speech
Title:	AIJA workshop on family violence : presentation given on 8 April, 2005
Authors:	Peirce, Judith
Keywords:	Overview;Criminal justice responses;Policing
Year:	2005
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Judicial Administration, Melbourne
Notes:	This is a presentation by the Commissioner of Victorian Law Reform Commission, to the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA)’s workshop on family violence, to look at best practice for Magistrates’ Courts in dealing with family violence. It addresses 4 areas: 1) whether there is an imperative for understanding the dynamics of family violence from court administration and decision making; 2) legislative principles and objectives and their impact on day-to-day operation of the court; 3) overview of possible approaches; and 4) comments on the way courts are currently dealing with these issues and suggested ways to improve. Three different types of approaches in the legal system to deal with family violence are described: the mediation/treatment approach; the protective/’special response’ approach; and the law enforcement/attitudinal approach. Other possible approaches include examples of integrated responses such as in New Zealand, ACT’s Family Violence Intervention Program, Western Australian’s Joondalup Family Violence Court model, Gold Coast Domestic Violence Integrated Response project, the new Tasmanian Family Violence Intervention Program (Safe at Home), and South Australian’s NDV pilot project. It concludes that the current situation could be improved by: 1) considering evidence that suggests that when support services, police and court systems work together to achieve common aims which are also supported by legislation and resources, there are significant improvements; 2) additional legislative and policy reforms will be hard to achieve without judicial and educational development programmes for magistrates and court staff; and 3) legal representation must be readily available including for complexities around child contact issues, specifically tailored orders and ouster orders.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/21524
Physical description:	13 p.
Appears in Collections:	Educational tools, guidelines & resources

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