Criminalised Victim Survivors

Find resources to support victim survivors who have been criminalised

Victim survivors who have also experienced criminalisation, may experience discrimination in the family violence service system, which can impact on their risk and access to safety and support.

For more information and resources about working with people who have been criminalised, see the Flat Out and Safe and Equal websites.

Practice Resources

A critical reflection tool for family violence practitioners working with criminalised women
Resource to support practitioners working with victim survivors who have been criminalised. (Flat Out & Safe and Equal)

Resisting Systemic Collusion with Criminalised Victim Survivors
Recorded panel discussion regarding recognising and responding to systemic harm and systemic abuse, and increasing practitioner’s capacity to resist harmful systemic collusion. (Flat Out)

Supporting Criminalised Women
Webpage describing the tactics, impacts and barriers to service for criminalised victim survivors. (Safe and Equal)

Women’s Lived Experience in Decarceration and Carceral Resistance
Webinar that focuses on the causes of and solutions to women’s incarceration, including as a result of family violence. (Fitzroy Legal Service)

Other Resources

Inquiry into Children Affected by Parental Incarceration
Findings highlighting that family violence is a significant driver of women’s imprisonment. (Parliament of Victoria)

Women’s imprisonment and domestic, family and sexual violence
Research synthesis. (ANROWS)

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