Panel - Diverse Experiences of Coercive Control and Related Support Needs (VIRTUAL)
Tracks
Binna Burra Room
| Friday, December 3, 2021 |
| 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Overview
Dr Silke Meyer, Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Dr Jasmine McGowan and Ellen Reeves, Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre
Speaker
Dr Kate Fitz-gibbon
Director
Monash University
Panel - Diverse Experiences of Coercive Control and Related Support Needs (VIRTUAL)
Biography
Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon is Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and an Associate Professor in Criminology in the Faculty of Arts, Monash University (Victoria, Australia). Kate conducts research in the field of family violence, coercive control, femicide, and the impacts of policy and practice reform in Australia and internationally. Kate has advised on homicide law reform and family violence reviews in several Australian and international jurisdictions.
Dr Jasmine McGowan
Senior Research Team Leader
Monash University
Panel - Diverse Experiences of Coercive Control and Related Support Needs (VIRTUAL)
Abstract
This panel explores the nature and impact of coercive control experienced by a sample of Australian victim-survivors of domestic and family violence. Recognising that there has been significant debate surrounding criminal law responses to coercive control across Australian state and territory jurisdictions, this panel seeks to draw attention to diverse lived experiences of coercive control, including experiences specific to LGBTIQA+ survivors, mothers and children, women living with a disability and survivors seeking help outside the criminal justice realm. To do so, the panel draws from the finding of a quantitative and qualitative survey completed in 2021 by 1392 Australian victim-survivors.
Biography
Dr Jasmine McGowan is the Senior Research Team Leader at the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. Jasmine's research focuses on gendered violence, disability and violence, violence, media and representation, economic abuse, and intimate partner homicide.
Mrs Silke Meyer
Deputy Director
Monash University
Panel - Diverse Experiences of Coercive Control and Related Support Needs (VIRTUAL)
Biography
Dr Silke Meyer is the Deputy Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and an Associate Professor in Criminology. Her research centres on different aspects of domestic and family violence, including women and children’s safety and wellbeing, men’s accountability in their role as perpetrators and fathers, experiences specific to Indigenous communities and the nature and role of service responses.
Miss Ellen Reeves
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Monash University
Panel - Diverse Experiences of Coercive Control and Related Support Needs (VIRTUAL)
Biography
Ellen Reeves is a postdoctoral research fellow at Monash University, working within the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre. Her research is focused on the unintended consequences of family violence law reform and women victim-survivors’ experiences with the legal system.
