Domestic Violence in Women Name of the University Author

Running head: CONTEXTUALISED PRACTICE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN WOMEN
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Introduction:
The subject matter of the case is based on domestic violence in Australia. There are
several legislative provisions in Australia that deals with this heinous crime. According to the
Family Law Act 1975, in case of domestic violence, his or her family members have victimized
the affected party. The nature of the crime can be physical or mental. There are certain examples
where the family members are putting the victim on fear or threat so that he or she could not
report the event of victimization or assault to any police personnel. The scope of domestic
violence in Australia is wide. According to the “Fact file: Domestic Violence in Australia”
(2016), a major part of the men and women in Australia are facing this crime and most of the
cases are not filed before the police. Therefore, proper implementation of the legislative rules
becomes impossible. The rate of domestic violence in Australia has been commenced in the
record rate in 2010 to 2012. Further, according to various records and documents, it has been
observed that the nature of the domestic violence is very frequent in Australia. In this essay,
certain legislative policies regarding the domestic violence have been given. Considering the
application of those legislative provisions, certain laxities on the part of the administrative
sectors have been observed (Robertson 2018). Therefore, there is a need to make certain positive
changes in the existing policies required. The legislative policies can be changed through certain
reforms or by the settlements of certain commissions. However, in this case, strong evidence is
required and strategies should be taken with great priority. The crime related to the domestic
violence creates great impact on the society and therefore, certain social work practice is
necessary.

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Discussion:
Domestic violence is a social curse and social culture of a country very much depends on
that. Family bonding becomes poor due to this family violence. According to the report of the
Australian Bureau of Statistics, the state of Victoria is ranking in the highest position for
domestic violence in Australia. Considering the various sources, there are certain legislations
that are dealing with the domestic violence. However, it has been observed that the Australian
government has failed to implement all the policies in a systematic manner. Further, the family
members also pressurize the victims and therefore, many complaints are not even filed before the
competent authorities. Australian Bureau of Statistics had, for the first time, submitted one report
on the application of violence on the Australian women in 1996. This report has revealed the
original condition of the women in the society and a necessity to make certain legislative
changes has been made. In the year 1982, certain provisions of the Crimes Act 1900 have been
amended and before 1983, the married women and men could make claim for the domestic
violence. This provision has been widening in 1983 and in 2007, Crimes (Domestic and Personal
Violence) Act has been implemented. Certain policies regarding the apprehended violence order
has been taken. It restrains the individuals who are about to put some person on fear. According
to the object of the Act, the term domestic violence does not limited up to the physical violence
but also applicable in case of mental pressure and therefore, any mental traumatic person can file
a case for the domestic violence. According to section 7 of the Act, stalking is a crime.
According to section 5 of the Act, domestic violence can be made in case of matrimonial
relations and de facto relationship. Except this, one criminal law conference has been conducted
in the year 2014 where an amendment has been made by the conference in the provision of the
domestic violence.

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However, according to the practical application of those amended provisions are not that
easy and therefore, a thorough study regarding the same is required for the effective
implementation of the provisions. The practical application of the provisions is also known as
feasibility. The mentality of the Australians is required to be changed and they should not
involve in such acts. The government should have to implement certain anti-discriminating
policies so that men and women could be equally treated and no extra pressure could be imposed
on the women. Considering the police report filed every year on domestic violence makes the
fact clear that women are the soft target for the family members and the family members can
easily pressurize them so that they could not file any complaint against them before police
personnel. The government is required to conduct certain behavioral program to stop this
violence and the implementation process of the legislation should be strict. The penalty
provisions should be stricter and the police should have to play an active role in this case.
Further, in many cases, it is difficult to obtain the statements of the female victim, as they are not
able to give consent to information regarding the domestic violation information. Further, the
government policies over the domestic violence are vague and certain complexities are remained
in the authorities who are responsible for reduce the scope of domestic violence. Certain
loopholes are also can be observed in the case of the Privacy and Personal Information
Protection Act 1998. Therefore, it is required to make certain active steps to reduce the
complexities and specific policy implementation is required to take into consideration. proper
training should be given to the authorities and psychological counseling is also required in the
case of the victims so that they can recover the mental trauma they had to suffer. Apart from all,
implementation of a uniform law on the domestic violation is required. Being a federal state, all
the states of Australia has different legislative provisions to deal with this offence and this make