...Introduction Violence against children and women is a grave issue faced by any community and it can be described as global health issue which needs urgent attention. Domestic violence can be associated with a kind of physical violence which occurs between intimate relationships in a domestic background, usually committed by a male on a female partner. Domestic violence causes a lot of deep and lasting damage to the people who face it and to the community as a whole. This kind of violence is not just limited to physical exploitation but also involves other forms of violence. The purpose of this paper would be to discuss the Domestic violence in culturally and linguistically diverse communities plaguing in Australia. Domestic Violence in Culturally...
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...Domestic and family violence is intentional and systematic and often increases in frequency and severity the longer the relationship continues. In Australia, domestic and family violence “is found across all cultures, ages and socio-economic groups, but the majority of those who experience these forms of violence are women. However, it is not possible to measure the true extent of the problem as most incidents of domestic, family and sexual violence go unreported.” (Parliament of Australia, 2015). The World Health Organization (WHO) describes the levels of violence experienced by the world’s women as ‘a global public health problem of epidemic proportions, requiring urgent action’. “In Australia, domestic, family and sexual violence is found across all cultures, ages and socio-economic groups, but the majority of those who experience...
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...threats to lasting peace and development. Domestic violence can be defined as violent or aggressive behaviour within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner. The time for complacency has passed, we have to do so much more to respond to the cries for justice of women and children worldwide. The silence has been broken and now. Now is the time for stronger action. It is time for action when 73% of Australian women have experienced more than one account of violence from a current or ex-partner. When 89 women died in a year as a result of domestic abuse. One woman a week. When 58% of victims have never contacted police and 24% have never sought advice support. When 1 in 5 Australian women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15....
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... * Men and women… without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion have a right to marry and found a family…entitled to equal rights…(Article 16; UDoHR) 2. RESTRICTIONS AS TO MARRIAGE * S 88E – Cannot marry overseas (same sex) and return and legally register marriage (Marriage Act) 3. ELEMENTS OF MARRIAGE * Dwelling under the same roof, sex, mutual society and protection, recognition of marriage in public and private relationships (Todd and Todd) 1. ONE and ONE woman – monogamous mature (serial polygamy is permitted – remarriage after a former marriage has been dissolved) i. S 6 FLA – Polygamous relationships entered outside of Australia, shall be deemed to be a marriage when changing domicile to Australia 2. HETEROSEXUAL (Corbett v Corbett) 3. FOR LIFE 4. VOLUNTARILY ENTERED INTO 4. LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF MARRIAGE * Entitled to certain rights and owe legal responsibilities a) DETERMINE “TRUE SEX” i) CORBETT AND CORBETT a. Chromosomal: XY Male b. Gonadal: Male (testicles prior to operation c. Genital: Male (prior to operation WHAT YOU ARE AT BIRTH IS WHAT YOU ARE ii) RE KEVIN a) Peers and family considered him to be male b) Identified himself (since a young boy at male) c) Underwent irreversible operation to become male WHAT YOU ARE AT TIME OF MARRIAGE IS WHAT YOU ARE...
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...Victims Nonetheless Scared to say anything, they hide their pain, these are victims of domestic violence. Domestic violence, such heavy words, when you hear these words, what do you think of? Most people think of a man beating a woman, and that's normal. Society has portrayed domestic violence as the majority of victims being women. People tend to forget that men can be victims too, society has portrayed them as macho men that don’t cry. Men should be recognized as victims of domestic violence too. Violence is violence, no matter the gender of the victim, and not recognizing those victims, makes it hard for them to speakup. Moreover, there are different types of Domestic violence. Physical, like kicking, hitting, choking, throwing items, and...
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...It’s the face behind the shopping center counter. The face that delivers your mail, the face that greets you as you walk into work and the face that you see on the cover of magazines. It’s the face of torment and affliction. It’s the face of concealed bruises and pain. It’s the face of a woman. When the recent Australian of the Year award was given to Rosie Batty, a domestic violence campaigner, a light was shed on Australia’s underlying domestic abuse issue. Rosie Batty is a domestic abuse survivor; unfortunately her son was not as lucky. Similarly, domestic goddess turned domestic violence campaigner, Nigella Lawson has called for awareness after her partner was seen wrapping his hands around her neck at an uptown restaurant in London....
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...family relationships. The legal system can never ensure complete compliance but ensures it effectively through legislation and common laws implemented in the family law areas of surrogacy . The law can be seen to not effectively ensure compliance in the areas of domestic violence and relationship breakdown involving children. In the issue of the legal rights and obligations of parents agreement with the law can be seen to occur, but more reform both legally and socially is needed for such effectiveness In family law issue of surrogacy, much recent reform has been orchestrated as a means to effectively encourage compliance with the law. The need to change and reform surrogacy laws to ones which were more coherent and simpler to comply with are noted in ‘Time to Change unjust surrogacy laws’ 2007 the age and in case law demonstrating the complex nature of complying with such laws ‘Wilson and Anor and Roberts and Anor 2010’. Thus in the surrogacy Act nsw 2010 was implemented to create a more decisive and coherent set of laws that are to be compiled with and that encouraged through their reflection of societies values and ethics. SMH published an article in 2015 stating head of family court Diana Bryant is confident Australia will legalize commercial surrogacy to prevent such tragedies such as ‘Baby Gammy’ who was let behind because of his disability. Commercial surrogacy is outlawed in Australian states and territories, but such couples that are desperate for a child persist in breaking...
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...SNAPSHOT The impact of domestic violence on children Key Points Domestic violence and children • Children, especially babies and young children, affected by domestic violence experience significant emotional and behavioural difficulties. • More than half of women in Australia who experience violence from a partner during their lifetime will be caring for children when the violence occurs. Living with domestic violence has serious effects on the emotional and behavioural wellbeing of children and on their development. However, good support services can help children cope with and, over time, recover from the effects of domestic violence. In mid 2011, against the backdrop of proposed amendments to Australian family law which were intended to better protect children from ongoing violence and abuse post-separation, The Benevolent Society commissioned the Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse to undertake a literature review of the latest research on the impact of domestic violence on children. The review also summarises the research evidence on how best to support and work with children and families affected by domestic violence. • Children continue to be at risk of violence during and after their parents’ separation. • Shared care parenting arrangements for children from separated families where domestic violence is present place these children at significant risk of harm. • Children can cope with and recover from the effects of violence, drawing on both their own...
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...the sociological imagination is a quality of mind that allows us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two in society. (Mills, 1959, pg 6). He also explains the links between personal issues and public issues by helping to identify a personal issue and identifying it in the social structure. One tragic public issue that is very common in society today is ‘Domestic Violence’. For many years domestic violence in the family has been a private issue and was never spoken about in society. By using the three sensibilities that make up the sociological imagination which are the historical, cultural and critical sensibilities, society can begin to understand the radical changes in how society thinks we as individuals ‘should’ behave towards one another especially in the family unit according to societies expectations and social norms. The issue of domestic violence within families was evident in earlier societies. Using the historical sensibility we can see how society used to live and see how we have society has transformed our ideologies of this horrific public issue of domestic violence. From the earliest record, most societies gave the father or the patriarch of the family the right to use physical force against the women and children that he was in control of. This was evident in the reign of Romulus back in 753BC. Abbott (1852, p. 242) states that: The power of the father over his household was supreme. He was magistrate, so far as his children were concerned...
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...Unit IV Essay Political violence is politically motivated violence that is not controlled by the state. Political violence is a broad term used to describe violence perpetrated by either persons or governments to achieve political goals. Many groups and individuals believe that their political systems will never respond to their demands. There are a variety of political violence actions that can be either one-sided, non-state, or state-based. Many types of these actions can range from terrorism, rioting, civil war, police brutality, and capital punishment. Terrorism is a political violence act that influences an audience beyond the immediate victim. The terrorist’s strategy is to commit acts of violence that draws the attention of the public, the government, and the world to their cause. The terrorists plan their attack to obtain the greatest attention, choosing targets that symbolize what they oppose. The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as “the calculated use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear; intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological.” There are two types of terrorism; initially, there is domestic terrorism which are acts of terrorism that are committed by those who are located in and operate from the state and international terrorism which is a type of terrorism which includes acts of terror committed by individuals...
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...The Domestic Violence Act defines domestic violence as any unlawful act, omission or behavior that results in death, physical, sexual or mental injury to any complaint by a respondent. (Magwa, 2013) “Women experience domestic violence at far greater rates than me do, and women and children often live in fear as a result of the abuse that is used by men to maintain control over their partners”. (Hindmarsh, 2000, p.1) This paper will focus on the long-standing history, the physical and emotional effects, law enforcement involvement, prevention and legal remedies regarding domestic violence. Domestic violence can involve more than just a physical act. This type of violence can be physical, emotional, verbal and/or sexual in nature. Domestic violence has taken major strides in the past few years including, but not limited to, advocates, shelters, harsher punishments, support groups, and public awareness involving law enforcement and the community. By raising awareness on this issue, law enforcement agencies can no longer “sweep the issue under the rug”. After being dispatched to a domestic violence situation, officers are responsible for calming the situation down, separating the parties, getting medical help, if necessary, arresting the abuser and getting the victim to a safe haven. I believe officers should encourage the victim to press charges against the abuser. If more victims would adopt this behavior, this could decrease domestic violence, especially if abusers are receiving...
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...taken by other jurisdictions: Each jurisdiction has its own laws, which may response to the other jurisdiction in relation to family violence. The law agencies are designed to approach the violence in productive way. The specialized family violence courts and judicial training provide the problem-solving solutions more broadly. The family violence court helps to provide orders for protection and the judicial training helps to provide training to magistrates especially on family violence. The Australian government recently introduced the e-book on family violence, which is an online tool for judges in whole Australia. This book covered the civil and criminal laws and helps to make decision on domestic violence (Janet et al. 2015)....
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...fluctuates over time (Makkai & Prenzler, 2015). This essay will firstly discuss and define the concepts of crime and violence. Secondly, it will define violent crime from a contemporary Australian legal perspective. It will then examine the overall nature of crime in Australia describing its categories and sub categories. Fourthly, the essay will establish the official agencies who collect and collate data that measures the nature and extent of crime in Australia. It will finally use this data and empirical evidence to compare the extent of violent crime with crimes that are non-violent. The essay will ultimately conclude by asserting that the majority of crime in society is not violent in nature. Crime is a complex phenomenon that attracts a variety of definitions (Ransley & Prenzler, 2015). The varying definitions of crime provide broad or limited meanings and are all, to a greater or lesser degree, problematic. This is because crime is socially constructed; thus what is considered a crime, or no longer considered a crime changes over time to comply with the norms, attitudes and expectations existing in society at a given historical period (Brookman, 2005; Howitt, 2012). Violence is also a socially constructed concept that lacks a specific definition (Indermaur, 2000; Papalia, Thomas, Ching & Daffern, 2015), however, in the broadest sense, violence, is typically an action or type of behaviour that leads to harm. It can be self-inflicted, directed against individuals...
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...involving multiple victims of gun violence(“Gun Control Pros and Cons”). The Columbine Massacre was one of these mass shootings. It occurred on April 20, 1999 in Littleton, Colorado by two high school boys. They chose to do this because they were bullied in high school. This incident left fifteen people dead and twenty-four people injured. The guns used during the shooting were illegally acquired. This is just one significant example of a mass shooting in the United States. Gun laws for possession, carrying, acquiring, buying, selling, and distributing will vary from state to state, some may be broader or more limited to existing Federal Gun Laws. Firearm Licensees are subject to the Gun Laws of the state where they are in rather than the state where the firearm permit was issued. In Pennsylvania there is no permit or registration to buy or own a gun. Known as the "gun show loophole,"...
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...Although some drugs are widely accepted and socially used they can still impact on your health. Alcohol is classified as a depressant, the amount of the alcohol consumed determines the type of effect. Most people drink for the stimulant effect such as a beer of a glass or wine to loosen them up. But if a person consume more than the body can handle, they then experience alcohol depressant effect. Alcohol use in general population aged 14 years or older. Alcohol use in Australia has remain relatively over the past 10 years. There are many reasons on alcohol influences and the major reason is relief stress and relax. The short term effects are unconsciousness, headache, vomiting and etc. For the long term effects are liver decease, sexual problems,...
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