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Co-Responder Models, DomesticViolence, DVAC, Gender Responsive Policing, Police Culture

Embedding #domesticviolence specialists in police stations: Will they enhance DV survivor satisfaction & improve police responses?

A number of inquiries into policing responses to domestic violence have highlighted the need to strengthen inter-agency collaboration to improve system responses and outcomes for survivors of #DFV. With this in mind, a research team led by Dr Jess Rodgers undertook an evaluation of the co-location of a domestic violence specialist embedded in a regional police station.  The abstract and link to the publication can be found in this blog.

Co-Responder Models, DomesticViolence, Gender Responsive Policing, Integrated Service Delivery, Peggy's Place, Police Culture, QPS Reforms, Specialist DFV Police Stations, Survivors Voices

Workshop Recordings: Enhancing the Policing and Integrated Responses to Domestic and Sexual Violence

Workshop Recordings from the Enhancing the Policing and Integrated Responses to #DV & SV are now available: Welcome by Shannon Fentiman MP. Listen to the voices survivors, experts, domestic and sexual violence leaders and #QPS here.

DomesticViolence, Gender Responsive Policing, Law Enforcement, Police Culture, Women in Policing

Mirko Fernandez from United Nations Women talks about Gender Responsive Policing

Mirko Fernandez

Mirko Fernandez from United Nations Women, Geneva, zoomed in live to address the workshop on 21 October 2022 at the University of the Sunshine Coast. He spoke about The Handbook of Gender Responsive Police Service published in 2021 in collaboration with UNODC and the IAWP. The Handbook was developed by police for police to provide them with a practical guide to implementing gender responsive policing and putting in place accountability measures to track progress toward goals.

Co-Responder Models, DomesticViolence, Gender Responsive Policing, Integrated Service Delivery

Should Australian States Trial Specialist Domestic Family Violence Police Stations?

After Coroner Bentley delivered her scathing findings of the police investigations into the murders of Hannah Clarke and her three children, as well as the murder of Doreen Langham by ex partner, she recommended that the State fund and trial specialist domestic violence police stations in Qld. Every party of the inquest into Doreen Langham, …