Current Research on Intimate Partner Violence Seminar

Free seminar held by The Violence Research and Prevention Program

Wednesday 13 May 2009
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Arrival refreshments from 4:15pm
Room 5.01, M10 Social Sciences Building, Mt Gravatt Campus

Free seminar, rsvp essential. Email kceljag-events@griffith.edu.au or phone: 3735 5997 by Wednesday 6 May.

Domestic violence is an issue that impacts many families across the community.  The range of health and safety consequences are numerous and preventing intimate partner violence requires a more developed research base.  Please join us to hear from a range of researchers undertaking important research on intimate partner violence.

Keynote Speakers

Silke Meyer, PhD Scholar
Seeking help for intimate partner violence: A qualitative examination of victims’ responses

Nada Ibrahim, PhD Scholar
Intimate Partner Violence in the diverse Australian Muslim community: Struggling with definition

Dr Elena Marchetti, Griffith University School of Law
Sentencing Indigenous offenders of partner violence:  A comparative analysis of Indigenous sentencing courts and specialist family violence courts
 
Zoe Rathus, Griffith University School of Law
Family Violence and Shared Parenting: What we know so far about the impact of the 2006 changes to the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

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