| Gender Violence in Australia: Historical Perspectives Contributor(s): Piper, Alana (Editor), Stevenson, Ana (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1925835308 ISBN-13: 9781925835304 Publisher: Monash University Publishing OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Australia & New Zealand - General - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| LCCN: 2019394045 |
| Series: Australian History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis. A third of all women in Australia have been assaulted physically; a fifth of all women have been assaulted sexually. Intimate partner violence is significantly more prevalent in Australia than western Europe or North America. One woman each week is murdered by an intimate partner, and recent research suggests that nearly forty percent of all women who commit suicide have a history of domestic or family violence. Domestic violence is a precipitating factor in a third of all homelessness. The resulting strain on government services and lost productivity means that family violence has been estimated as costing the Australian economy around $13.6 billion a year. |