Violent crimes
Report
Gay and transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010: interim report
A report from NSW Upper House committee inquiring into Gay and Transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010 calls for the inquiry to be re-established in the 57th Parliament.
Report
Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence: victims’ experiences
This report details the experience of victims as they progress through the justice system and identifies the opportunities to significantly improve the information and support provided to people as their cases proceed.
Report
Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities
This paper looks at what is currently known about intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities, and what service providers can do to ensure appropriate support is available to this client group.
Article
In crime reporting, we should ask better questions about the relevance of religion and ethnicity
Media reporting on a series of violent incidents in Melbourne raises a difficult question: in what circumstances is it ethically justifiable to include information about a perpetrator’s ethnicity or religion?
Report
In pursuit of truth and justice
In New South Wales, from the 1970s to 2000, numerous gay men were documented to have disappeared in suspicious circumstances, or were known to have been killed. Smaller numbers of transgender women were documented to have also been killed. These killings are the subject of this report.