Research Projects

This project is exploring the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for the perpetration of sexual violence and harassment of women.  To date, the project has involved a theoretical and legal analysis of the harms that women experience in this context, and what might be an appropriate legislative and preventative response.

This VicHealth project involved a systematic review of the literature and other evidence regarding the contributing effect of alcohol to the perpetration of violence against women.

This ARC funded project investigated the development and impact of domestic violence policy in Australia over the past twenty years. Through a combination of textual analysis and interviews with key policy makers, the research documents the history of public policy responses to domestic violence in Australia and analyses the range of approaches and their implications over this time. My role on this project involved document analysis, literature reviews, conference presentations and contributing to project publications.

This VicHealth project conducted a systematic literature review to inform a framework for the primary prevention of violence against women in Victoria. My role on this project was conducting the identification and review of literature and managing a literature database.

The Victorian Family Violence Reform Initiative (FVRI) involves a $35 million commitment from the Victorian Government to improve women’s and children’s safety and hold perpetrators of domestic violence accountable.On this project I have worked with an interdisciplinary team of researchers (including evaluation researchers and sociologists) to provide a criminological perspective in the design of the evaluation framework.

This doctorial thesis explored the prevention of sexual violence in young people’s relationships, drawing on interview and focus group research with a diversity of youth about their experiences and perceptions of relationships and sexuality education. It was nominated for The University of Melbourne Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in the PhD Thesis.

My involvement on this project involved consulting with family violence prevention service providers, completing a 10,000 word report on the prevention of family violence through the workplace, and co-facilitating the information forum ‘Family Violence IS a Workplace Issue’ held during Community Safety Month at the Melbourne Town Hall.