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The recommendations listed below appear in Chapters 8–19 of this report. Chapter 8. Models of state-funded financial assistance for victims of crime 1 To enable state-funded financial assistance to be more effectively delivered to all…

Introduction 2.1 This chapter provides an overview of recent reforms relating to victims of crime in Victoria. This chapter also outlines the support and financial assistance options available in Victoria for victims of crime, including…

Introduction 3.1 This chapter defines family violence and describes its dynamics and characteristics. 3.2 This chapter also provides an overview of the current policy and reform context to clarify how this reference complements and intersects…

Introduction 13.1 The terms of reference require the Commission to provide recommendations to ensure that the Adoption Act 1984 (Vic) operates harmoniously with other relevant legislation and upholds principles set out in the Charter of…

Allimant, Annabelle and Beata Ostapiej-Piatkowski, Supporting Women from CALD Backgrounds Who Are Victims/Survivors of Sexual Violence: Challenges and Opportunities for Practitioners (Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault/Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2011) Anand,…

Introduction 4.1 Considerable law and policy reform has been directed towards improving the criminal trial process for victims. The cumulative effect is that the victim’s role has been enhanced from, at most, that of a…

Introduction 3.1 Chapter 2 described the legislative and procedural reforms that have been most influential in changing the role of victims in the criminal trial process over the past 30 years. These reforms been accompanied…

Introduction 4.1 As discussed in Chapter 3, the proposed Forfeiture Act would set out the unlawful killings to which the forfeiture rule applies. Although promoting certainty, this reform would not address concern about the unfair…

Introduction 10.1 The terms of reference ask the Commission to consider whether changes should be made to the provisions governing supervision and review in the Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to be Tried) Act 1997…

Allen, Ruth and Raymond G Nairn, ‘Media Depictions of Mental Illness: An Analysis of the Use of Dangerousness’ (1997) 31(3) Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 375 Allnut, Stephen, Anthony Samuels and Colman O’Driscoll,…