From journal articles to Quick Guides and webinars, you will find tools and information to support.
This study explores how young victim-survivors in Victoria experience and navigate the crisis support system when escaping family violence. It was designed using a trauma-informed, child-centred research framework and comprised three phases: a desktop mapping of existing services; stakeholder workshops with Victorian practice and service delivery experts; and in-depth interviews with young people aged 16 to 25 years old with lived experience of family violence and seeking help in Victoria. Despite the substantial reform agenda that has been progressed in the nearly ten years since the Royal Commission into Family Violence (RCFV, 2016), the family violence service system in Victoria remains predominantly adult-centric and often fails to recognise young people as victim-survivors in their own right. Critical gaps persist in ensuring young people - particularly unaccompanied minors - can access safe housing, specialist support services, and clear pathways that support their stability, healing and recovery
Parent mental health may be related to the experience of CPV, and may be a possible intervention target; however, evidence to support these links, and the directionality of potential links, is currently unclear. This study aimed to systematically review studies measuring parent mental health and experience of CPV.
This study finds victim-survivors generally support electronic monitoring, parole supervision and psychological interventions for sexual offenders, while opinions on public registers and Circles of Support are mixed.
This review finds that child, family and system-level factors, like disability, poverty, trauma, and caseworker practices, contribute to child protection reinvolvement after OOHC reunification. It calls for improved assessments and interventions.
The current study aims to examine the prevalence of births and risk of child removal in young females with experience of OOHC.
This presentation from Deakin University researchers explored implications for practice, including the importance of screening both young people and caregivers for substance use, and adopting family-based interventions that address relational dynamics and coping strategies.
Professor Michael Salter is criminologist and internationally recognised expert on child sexual exploitation and will present recent findings.
The report finds OOHC transition planning often fails to meet young people’s needs. It calls for youth-led, culturally safe planning and stronger post-care support.
This study finds that CCTV can enhance safety and support legal proceedings for domestic and family violence victim-survivors but may also increase anxiety and risk of escalation. It recommends tailored guidance to safely integrate CCTV into DFV responses.
