Gulliver, P., & Fanslow, J. L. (2015).  

Boxall, H., Payne, J., & Rosevear, L. (2015).
Prior offending among family violence perpetrators: a Tasmanian sample (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 493). Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Summary: It is common practice to assess the risk of family violence recidivism and the efficacy of perpetrator treatment outcomes by taking into account the offending histories of offenders. However, the relationship between the frequency of family violence offending and other types of offending has not been fully explored. This study provides a snapshot of the six year offending histories of a cohort of Tasmanian family violence perpetrators... Read more... 

Boxall, H., Rosevear, L., & Payne, J. (2015).
Domestic violence typologies: what value to practice?. (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 494). Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Summary: Over the last few decades, understandings of the nature and causes of domestic violence have increased in sophistication. This has been influenced by, and led to, an influx of domestic violence typologies that have attempted to identify differences between groups of offenders and victims based on factors ranging from physiological reactions to specific stimuli through to historical experiences of violence and abuse... Read more 

Boxall, H., Rosevear, L., & Payne, J. (2015).
Identifying first-time family violence perpetrators: The usefulness and utility of categorisations based on police offence records: the usefulness and utility of categorisations based on police offence records (Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 487). Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Summary: The benefits associated with focusing strategies and interventions on family violence offenders early in their offending careers are well established. Yet accurately identifying first-time family violence perpetrators is difficult because of the high under-reporting of family violence. This study involved the analysis of police narratives completed for first-time family violence perpetrators, as identified through police offence records to determine their accuracy in identifying first-time family violence offenders... Read more 

Fuller, G. (2015).
The Database of Victimisation Experiences (Technical and background paper, no. 60). Canberra, ACT: Australian Institute of Criminology.
Summary: In 2013, the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) and Victim Services NSW agreed to develop a database on victimisation experiences, using de-identified information collected as part of compensation claims lodged with Victim Services NSW. This process led to the development of the Database of Victimisation Experiences (DoVE)... Read more

Global Women's Institute. (2015).
School-based interventions to prevent violence against women & girls: Evidence brief. Washington, DC: The George Washington University.
Summary: The objective of this brief is to provide a concise overview of select school-based interventions that aim to prevent VAWG or improve knowledge and attitudes that perpetuate VAWG... Read more

Krisch, M., Eisner, M., Mikton, C., & Butchart, A. (2015). Global strategies to reduce violence by 50% in 30 years: Findings from the WHO and University of Cambridge Global Violence Reduction Conference 2014. Cambridge, England: University of Cambridge.
Summary: Is it possible to cut worldwide levels of interpersonal violence in half within the coming 30 years? This question was at the centre of the first Global Violence Reduction Conference 2014, jointly organised by the Violence Research Centre at the University of Cambridge and the World Health Organization. The conference lured experts out of their comfort zone, asking to reflect on big strategies to reduce violence by 50% in the next 30 years. It brought together 150 leading representatives from international organisations, academia, civil society institutions and philanthropic organisations to discuss how scientific knowledge can contribute to the advancement of this violence reduction goal... Read more   

Measuring the toll: The Family Violence Index.
Presented by Fiona Richardson, MP, Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence. Melbourne, Vic: Victorian Government, 2015.

Summary: The Victorian Government has commissioned Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS) to define what measures, statistics and data should be included in a Family Violence Index. This paper describes the project which is championed by Victoria's Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence... Read more   

Quadara, A., Nagy, V., Higgins, D., & Siegel, N. (2015). Conceptualising the prevention of child sexual abuse: Final report. (Research report, no.33). Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Summary: This report: - identifies the conceptual, policy and practice challenges that the prevention of child sexual abuse presents - presents a conceptual mapping of dynamics associated with child sexual abuse and sexual exploitation; - outlines key directions that could be taken to strengthen prevention strategies... Read more  

Sexual Violence Research Initiative. (2015).
Guidelines for the prevention and management of vicarious trauma among researchers of sexual and intimate partner violence. Pretoria, South Africa: SVRI.
Summary: These guidelines outline recommendations for the prevention of, and response to, vicarious trauma in researchers working in the field of sexual and intimate partner violence but can also be of use and relevance to those researching other sensitive topics including other forms of gender based violence... Read more 

Wakefield, S., & Taylor, A. (2015).
Judicial education for domestic and family violence: State of knowledge paper. Sydney, NSW: ANROWS.
Summary: This state of knowledge paper examines judicial education in relation to domestic and family violence, including good practices and initiatives, why specific education, professional development and training are needed and the factors influencing judicial officer decision making... Read more