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1: Family Reports and the Psychology Industry in Family Law: Expert Interview | October 19, 2014

Family Law Express interviewed Dr. Travis Gee, a Brisbane psychologist on his views of the psychology industry in the Family Law context…

Catchwords: 2011 Family Violence Amendments, 2012 Family Violence Amendments, Dr Travis Gee, Expert Interviews, Family Law Act 1975, Family Report

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2: What is Family Violence according to the Family Courts? | September 20, 2014

More generally, this article aims to create a greater awareness of the different types of family violence that are now considered by the family law courts as family violence. This includes a range of behaviours that most people would not typically consider to be a form of ‘physical assault’ or a ‘threat’ of violence…

Catchwords: 2011 Family Violence Amendments, 2012 Family Violence Amendments, Allegations of Child Abuse, Definition of Family Violence, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Stress, Family Courts Violence Review, Family Law Act 1975, Financial Abuse, Improving Responses to Family Violence in the Family Law System, Victims of Domestic Violence

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3: How do Psychologists view the Legal Definition of Family Violence? | August 1, 2014

Family violence is defined in the Family Law Act as “violent, threatening or other behaviour by a person that coerces or controls a member of the person’s family, or causes the family member to be fearful”- how does the psychology industry view such definition? ..

Catchwords: 1975 US National Survey on Family Violence, 2011 Family Violence Amendments, 2012 Family Violence Amendments, Definition of Family Violence, Dr Travis Gee, Emotional Stress, Evidence from Children, False Allegations, Family Law Act 1975, Improving Responses to Family Violence in the Family Law System, Literature review on domestic violence perpetrators, Victims of Domestic Violence

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4: Violence Against Men – What Support Services & Resources are available for Men | June 26, 2014

Government support services and resources have traditionally assumed that domestic violence victims are female and perpetrators male. Thus while many services have been established to meet the needs of female victims, the needs of male victims remain largely unmet…

Catchwords: Support Services for Males, Victims of Domestic Violence