Women, Crime and Criminal Justice: The State of Current Theory and Research in Australia and New Zealand

Hiller, Anne Edwards

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“…A wearing down of their sense of self, identity and confidence, similar to that described by Howard & Wang (2003), was noted. Adolescent intimate partner violence has been linked to many other serious issues for young women, including disordered eating (Gervais & Davidson, 2013), bullying (Connolly & Josephson, 2007), sexual victimisation, negative educational outcomes (Banyard & Cross, 2008) increased mental health concerns, fear and substance use issues (Taylor & Sullivan, 2021).…”

Section: Conceptualising and Positioning Young Women And Intimate Par...mentioning

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Australia – A Land for Young Women? Exploring Young Women's Positioning in Contemporary Australian Family Violence Discourses

Johnston

Flynn

Gordon

2022

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Young women in Australia experience serious risks from intimate partner violence (IPV) as a form of family violence. However, there has been a lack of attention to the impact of this on young women and, as a result, these risks are not well understood. This article critically examines existing literature, policy and research and in doing so, specifically explores the ways in which young women aged between 10 and 20 years old are represented and positioned in contemporary family violence discourses. Framed by a review of socio-political and cultural history, the paper highlights the early colonial, patriarchal foundations of Australia, which have specific implications for the challenges that contemporary young women experience in situations of IPV. With a particular emphasis on the Australian context, this article employs both an intersectional and critical feminist lens, with a key focus on the dimensions of adolescent development and youth social geographies. Focusing specifically on these dimensions, including development, gender and age, highlights the important role that feminist social work perspectives and practices can contribute to uncovering, understanding and responding to young women's experiences of intimate partner violence through policy and advocacy.

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Australia – A Land for Young Women? Exploring Young Women's Positioning in Contemporary Australian Family Violence Discourses

Johnston

Flynn

Gordon

2022

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Reproducing Criminology: The Art of Reading Criminology Textbooks for Australians

Israel

1997

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology

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Gender, Social Control and Community Services

Bryson

Edwards

1988

The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology

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This article is concerned with social control and explicitly with gender dimensions of social control, explored through the work ings of a state welfare bureaucracy. The data on which the analysis is based were collected as part of a study of welfare clients who had had contact with Victoria's state welfare depart ment. As well as the more conventional range of welfare services, at that time the department's responsibilities included both adult and juvenile correctional services. This combination of responsibilities provided a valuable environment in which to study gender characteristics as these were set in particularly high relief. Males were associated with the correctional side of the department while females were involved with a range of activities though almost always related to their roles as mothers. All subjects of the research were living in the community and all were serviced by the same staff and facilities. Very clear differ ences along traditional lines emerge highlighting the centrality of the gender dimension for understanding the social control mechanisms of the welfare state.

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Women, Crime and Criminal Justice: The State of Current Theory and Research in Australia and New Zealand

Cited by 4 publications

References 66 publications

Australia – A Land for Young Women? Exploring Young Women's Positioning in Contemporary Australian Family Violence Discourses

Australia – A Land for Young Women? Exploring Young Women's Positioning in Contemporary Australian Family Violence Discourses

Reproducing Criminology: The Art of Reading Criminology Textbooks for Australians

Gender, Social Control and Community Services

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