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Purpose of VF Protection Act 2008 |
Maximise safety for children and adults who have experienced FV Prevent and reduce FV to the greatest extent possible Promote the accountability of perpetrators of FV for their actions |
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How to achieve the purpose of FVPA… |
Provide an effective and accessible system of FVIO and FVSN’s |
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What is FV? |
Physical, sexual, economic, emotional or psychological abuse Threatening or coercive behaviour Controlling or dominating behaviours that cause someone to feel fear for their safety/wellbeing Stalking Exposes child to any of the above Withholding children to create distress/fear |
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Are all FV behaviours criminal acts? |
No. |
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What is coercive control? |
A pattern of abusive behaviour to coerce and intimidate other members of the family to behave in a certain way Often hidden beneath the surface, need to look beneath surface when attending FV incidents Can be subtle forms of abuse such as verbal, humiliation, degrading, controlling and monitoring |
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How are pets used in coercive control? |
Perpetrators may threaten or be violent towards pets as a means of control over their partner. |
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Define family member. |
Current/former spouse/partner or their child Current/previous intimate relationship A relative A child who resides with/previously resided with regularly |
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Define domestic partner. |
Married/unmarried couple. |
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Is a carer or co-tenant referred to as a domestic partner? |
No. |
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Define relative. |
Whole/half blood relative or by marriage. |
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Define AFM. |
A subject of an application for a FVIO to protect the person or their property A person whom the police intend to make an application for an IO A person who is seeking leave or leave is being sought by the court to make an application for a FVIO An additional applicant |
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Define primary aggressor. |
Is the party to the FV incident who has caused the most physical harm, fear and/or intimidation against the other. |
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Define respondent. |
A person whom an application for a FVIO has been made or granted or a FVSN has been issued. |
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Define child. |
A child is a person under 18. |
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Define associate. |
In relation to the respondent, this is a person who is so closely connected to them, they can influence their actions. I’m relation to an AFM they provide assistance/support. |
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Define court. |
Either the magistrate’s court or the children’s court. |
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What does the Duluth model propose? |
The principal cause of DV is social and cultural and that allows men to control women through power and violence. |
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What is the power and control wheel (Duluth model)? |
A tool to understand patterns of abusive behaviour, including acts and threats of physical and sexual violence. |
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What behaviours does the abused use to control the victim (Duluth model)? |
Intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, economic abuse, male privilege, coercion and threats, using children and minimising, denying and blaming. |
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What are the 4 social myths? |
FV only happens is poor, uneducated or minority families FV happens because women provoke men If a woman was in real danger, she would just leave. If she hasn’t left, it can’t be that bad Only physical violence counts as FV |
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What are some barriers to accessing the system? |
No access to money Having nowhere to go or a safe affordable housing option Financial pressure Lack of access to money Having to leave a job to be relocated Residing in a remote location |
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What are some steps to avoid victim blaming? |
Acknowledge difficulty to share stories of trauma and abuse Don’t just believe people who chose to share their stories to you Check your own biases Show empathy and offer compassion by listening to what they have to say without offering interpretations of the event Reassure survivors that it is not their fault Don’t collude with the perpetrator |
