Key policies, practice  resources, reports and  research documents on family violence

Collected Wisdom
New Resources
Group Work Calendar
Key FV Resources & Policies

 

If you have other resources you would like to be added to this page, please contact Kate Stevens WHIN on (03) 9484 1666 or at kates@whin.org.au
 


NIFVS Resources & Documents

 
Building a Respectful Community - This 2011-2016 Strategy for the Northern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne provides a regional framework for the primary prevention of violence against women. A PDF of the strategy can be downloaded here.

Collected Wisdom - a manual on facilitated family violence groups for women based on experienced in the northern sub-region. For more information please see our Collected Wisdom page.

 

Love Control - an innovative short film that increases young women's awareness of the early warning signs of abusive and controlling relationships. Available to watch on Youtube: Love Control Victoria.

Resource notes to accompany the film were developed in late 2010.

For more information, to watch the film, and to download the resource notes please see our Love Control page.

 

Family Violence Group Work Calendar - A calendar produced by NIFVS every term listing family violence groups in the northern region. For more information please see our Group Work Calendar page.


Victorian Government Documents

Please note that as of November 2010, these policies are all former Victorian Government policies. We shall update them as and when any new policies are released.
  • Guiding Integrated Family Violence Service Reform 2006-2009.
  • Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (also known as the CRAF - common risk assessment framework)
  • DHS Practice Guidelines: Women & children's family violence counselling and support programs
  • The Victorian Law Reform Commission Review of Family Violence Laws 
  • Strong Culture, Strong People, Strong Families: Towards a safer future for Indigenous families and communities, 10 year plan, 2nd edition, October 2008
  • Respectful Relationships Education: Violence Prevention and Respectful Relationship Education in Victorian Secondary Schools, November 2009, DEECD & VicHealth
  • A Right to Safety & Justice: Strategic Framework to Guide Continuing Family Violence Reform in Victoria 2010 - 2020, June 2010, DPCD
  • Practice Guidelines: Women and Children's Family Violence Counselling & Support Programs  February 2008
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    National Documents
  • National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children, February 2011
  • Parenting dynamics after separation- A follow-up study of parents who separated after the 2006 family law reforms  December 2010
  • Views of adolescents in separated families – A study of adolescents’ experiences after the 2006 reforms to the family law system December 2010
  • The Australian Law Reform Commission Family Law report, available in both a summary report and a full report.  November 2010
  • Family Law reform consultation document about proposed changes to Family Law,  November 2010              (N.B. Submissions must be received by 14th January 2011)

  • Evaluation of the 2006 family law reforms December 2009

  • Time for Action: The National Council's Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women & Children, 2010-2020, March 2009 
  • Time for Action Snapshot March 2009
  • Background Paper for Time for Action March 2009
  • The Cost of Violence Against Women & their Children, March 2009
  • Domestic Violence Laws in Australia June 2009
  • The National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women: Immediate Government Actions April 2009
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    Useful Resources from other agencies

  • Building the Evidence: A report on the status of policy and practice in responding to violence against women with disabilities in Victoria, July 2008, Victorian Women with Disabilities Network
  • Preventing Violence Before it Occurs: A framework and background paper to guide the primary prevention of violence against women in Victoria, December 2007, VicHealth
  • Family Violence in the News: A Media Toolkit, Second edition May 2011
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    Key Research on Family Violence 
     
    Reports
  • Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women, Progress & Challenges in creating safe and healthy environments for Victorian women, A summary of findings, October 2006, VicHealth
  • Building Cultures of Respect & Non-Violence: A review of literature concerning adult learning violence prevention programs with men, September 2008, AFL & VicHealth
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    Current Research Projects

  • SAFER: Victorian Family Violence Reform Research Program, Univeristy of Melbourne & Monash University
  • GLOVE: Gender, Local Governance & Violence Prevention: Making Links between violence in public and private space, University of Melbourne
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