RB-The Temporal Context of Family Violence in Victoria

Key changes into the handling of family violence cases in Victoria emerged from the 2015 release of the national report of the Coalitional of Australian Government Advisory Panel on Reducing Violence Against Women and their Children (COAG 2015), the 2015 inquest findings into Luke Batty’s death (Coroners Court of Victoria, 2015), and the 2016 state-led Royal Commission into Family Violence. These reports and recommendations highlighted the importance of rethinking responses to family violence, including increasing education and training, improving police incident responses, enhancing family violence screening practices, and increasing information sharing between support and criminal justice agencies. In addition, the reform of the Common Risk Assessment Framework (CRAF; now Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework, see McCulloch et al 2016) in Victoria has elicited change regarding the prioritisation and process of risk identification, assessment and management.