Domestic violence offenders are abusing multiple partners undetected as authorities fail to share information about historic abuse, a damning report reveals.
Timeâs up for serial offenders as DV thugs beat system Domestic violence offenders are abusing multiple partners undetected as authorities fail to share information about historic abuse, a damning report reveals.
Crime by Hayden Johnson
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Subscriber only Domestic violence offenders who inflict extreme violence on multiple partners are slipping through the cracks, a new report has revealed. It has prompted calls for sweeping changes to information sharing between Queensland Police and domestic violence services, and better training to help frontline workers identify tactics used by DV perpetrators and trauma inflicted on their victims. It comes as 28 domestic and family violence deaths were recorded across the state in the 2019-20 financial year - three more than in the prior period - according to the latest Queensland s Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Board report.
Timeâs up for serial offenders as DV thugs beat system Domestic violence offenders are abusing multiple partners undetected as authorities fail to share information about historic abuse, a damning report reveals.
Crime by Hayden Johnson
Premium Content
Subscriber only Domestic violence offenders who inflict extreme violence on multiple partners are slipping through the cracks, a new report has revealed. It has prompted calls for sweeping changes to information sharing between Queensland Police and domestic violence services, and better training to help frontline workers identify tactics used by DV perpetrators and trauma inflicted on their victims. It comes as 28 domestic and family violence deaths were recorded across the state in the 2019-20 financial year - three more than in the prior period - according to the latest Queensland s Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Board report.
This article contains references to domestic violence.
Advocates for migrant and refugee women have called for caution amid a push to criminalise coercive control in domestic relationships, warning it could lead to more harm within vulnerable communities.
There are growing calls to make intimidation, stalking and other forms of coercive control illegal under reforms to domestic violence laws across Australia, with federal politicians, families of victims and journalists joining a campaign urging states and territories to outlaw this form of domestic violence.
“It is really a pervasive problem that affects terribly the lives of people who find themselves in these kinds of situations,” said Labor s families spokeswoman Linda Burney, who is part of the campaign run by Marie Claire magazine.
Hayne, de Belin trial outcomes could deter sexual assault victims from pursuing charges
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The juries indecision in recent high-profile rape cases involving footballers Jarryd Hayne and Jack de Belin stands to depress the number of sexual assault offences being reported and going to court.
Leading lawyers and criminologists believe the hung juries in the cases, which are set to go to retrial, could deter victims from reporting incidents to police, exacerbating long-standing concerns about the trauma and mixed results in sexual assault cases.
In late 2020, juries failed to reach decisions in cases involving football stars Jarryd Hayne and Jack de Belin.