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Family, domestic and sexual violence

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Theme co-convenors: Belinda O'Connor, Sophie Hindes

ARCSHS has cultivated a breadth and depth of expertise in family, domestic and sexual violence over the past decade across a range of contexts and disciplines. We are proud to now formally articulate this as a core theme of our work.

Our research has explored topics such as:

  • perpetration of intimate partner violence and sexual violence
  • barriers and enablers of professional support service engagement
  • frameworks for understanding and preventing violence
  • evaluation of violence prevention initiatives

Our family, domestic and sexual violence knowledge translation work includes :

  • the tailoring of core capability-building offerings for the family violence sector
  • the development of guidance resources for both prevention and response work

Recent projects:

  • LGBTIQ Family Violence Prevention Project (Pride in Prevention)
  • Crossing Lines - A study investigating unwanted sexual behaviours against LGBTQ+ people, aiming to generate actionable knowledge and focussing on the social forces, risk factors, and characteristics of those who use sexual violence
  • Catalysts of Change - Interventions and service pathways for gay, bisexual, trans and queer (GBTQ) men who have used family violence in Victoria, Australia
  • Opening Doors - Ensuring LGBTIQ-inclusive family, domestic and sexual violence services

Partnership projects

ARCSHS is proud to be part of the Partners in Prevention of Sexual Violence Project, led by the Reducing Gender-based Violence (ReGEN) Research Group and based at La Trobe University's Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research.