Practising Interagency Partnerships To Reduce Violence Against Women (From Reducing Criminality--Partnerships and Best Practices, P 1-10, 2000, Adam Graycar, ed. -- See NCJ-186333)

• NCJ Number: 186360
• Author(s): Rugmini Venkatraman
• Date Published: 2000
• Length: 10 pages
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

This paper examines the use of interagency partnerships to reduce violence against women.

Abstract

The paper suggests the concept of prevention of violence against women as part of the holistic concept of reducing criminality in the society or state, as well as demonstrating how interagency partnerships could work toward this goal. The New South Wales Strategy to Reduce Violence Against Women includes stalking, intimidation, hate-related violence, sexual, verbal, emotional, and other forms of harassment, and physical assault as types of violence experienced by women in addition to domestic violence and sexual assault. The Strategy promotes a holistic approach as well as responses tailored to the specific needs of women experiencing violence. The paper attempts to put into perspective how interagency partnerships could be developed at local and regional levels to address issues of violence against women and children, and to assess how much of this has been practiced from feminist frameworks. The answer to women’s claims of not being safe appears to lie in exploring the possibility of changes in relationships between men and women, and in crime prevention addressing this issue taking account of feminist perspectives on violence against women. Note, bibliography, references