Family Violence in Domestic Homicides

What is it about?

The 2005 reforms to the law of homicide in Victoria, Australia, were designed to improve legal understandings of the nature and dynamics of family violence in cases where women kill their intimate partners. This is the first study to examine the impact of the 2005 reforms on cases over an eight year period: 2005-2014

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Why is it important?

The findings show that despite the landmark reforms to the law of homicide in 2005 in Victoria, Australia, to improve legal understandings of family violence in such cases, there has been limited uptake of the new family violence provisions and limited understandings of family violence continue to inform legal decision making.