Submission to Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control_NSW
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posted on 2021-02-23, 03:38 authored by Kate Fitz-GibbonKate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra WalklateSandra Walklate, Silke MeyerSilke Meyer, Ellen Reeves, Marie SegraveMarie Segrave, Jasmine McGowanJasmine McGowanThis submission has been prepared by members of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre (MGFVPC).
Our submission provides a response to the Government’s Discussion Paper. It is structured into five main sections:
Defining and understanding what constitutes coercive control
Coercive control as a key risk factor prior to intimate partner femicide
The suitability of existing legal frameworks in New South Wales
How we can best address coercive control.
A whole of system responses to coercive control
Our submission makes 10 recommendations to the Committee.
The submission also provides summary details of current research led by MGFVPC researchers to improve understandings of, and responses to coercive and controlling behaviours.
