Violence prevention

• Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
• Domestic and family violence prevention strategy 2016-26
• Domestic and family violence reform
• Violence against women prevention plan 2016-22
• Domestic violence self-funded refuges
• Sexual violence prevention
  • Sexual Violence Prevention Framework
    • Sexual Violence Prevention consultation
    • The evidence base
  • Review of consent in rape and sexual assault
  • Current initiatives addressing sexual violence
  • Youth sexual violence
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4. Sexual Violence Prevention Framework
   • Current initiatives addressing sexual violence
   • Review of consent in rape and sexual assault
   • Youth sexual violence
5. The evidence base

In addition to extensive community consultation, the evidence base that supports Prevent. Support. Believe. Queensland’s Framework to address Sexual Violence includes the following resources:

Research

• Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS), 2019, Intimate partner sexual violence: research synthesis, 2^nd edition
• ANROWS, 2017, Links between alcohol consumption and domestic and sexual violence against women: Key findings and future directions
• ANROWS, 2016, Promoting community-led responses to violence against immigrant and refugee women in metropolitan and regional Australia: The ASPIRE Project
• ANROWS, 2015, Perpetrator interventions in Australia: Part one – Literature review. State of knowledge paper
• ANROWS, 2015, Perpetrator interventions in Australia: Part two – pathways and mapping. State of knowledge paper
• Australian Institute of Criminology, 2018, Sentencing and treatment of juvenile sex offenders in Australia – trends and issues in criminal justice
• Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), 2019, Elder abuse: Key issues and emerging evidence
• AIFS, 2018, Intimate partner violence in Australian refugee communities: Scoping review of issues and service responses
• AIFS, 2018, Supporting women from CALD backgrounds who are victims/survivors of sexual violence
• AIFS, 2017, Current approaches to preventing and responding to sexual assault: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
• AIFS, 2017, Problem sexual behaviours and sexually abusive behaviours in Australian children and young people: A review of available literature
• AIFS, 2016, The effects of pornography on children and young people
• AIFS, 2015, Intimate partner violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer communities
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2019, Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia: continuing the national story 2019
• Carrington et al, 2019, The Role of Women’s Police Stations in Preventing Gender Violence: Buenos Aires, Argentina: Stage 1 Report ARC Project
• Daly, K and Bouhours, B 2010, Rape and attrition in the legal process: a comparative analysis of five countries
• End Violence Against Women International, 2019, Start by believing: the global campaign transforming the way we respond to sexual violence
• Fileborn, B 2012, Sexual violence and gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer communities
• Fitzgerald, J 2006, The Attrition of Sexual Offences from the New South Wales Criminal Justice System
• Millsteed, M and McDonald, C 2017, Attrition of sexual offence incidents across the Victorian Criminal Justice System
• Our Watch, ANROWS and VicHealth, 2015, Change the story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia
• Our Watch, 2019, Change the Story, three years on: reflections on uptake and impact, lessons learned and Our Watch’s ongoing work to embed and expand the evidence on prevention
• Our Watch, 2018, Changing the picture: A national resource to support the prevention of violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children
• Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, 2019, Practice Paper: Prevention, Early Intervention and Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who have Experienced Sexual Violence
• Queensland Sexual Assault Network, 2019, Resources
• United Nations Population Fund, 2018, Women and young persons with disabilities: guidelines for providing rights-based and gender-responsive services to address gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health and rights
• World Health Organisation (WHO), 2019, RESPECT women: Preventing violence against women
• WHO, 2018, International technical guidance on sexuality education: an evidence-informed approach.

Data sources

• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 2019, Recorded Crime – Victims, Australia 2018
• ABS, 2017, Personal Safety Australia, 2016
• Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), 2018, Everyone’s Business: Fourth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, 2018
• AHRC, 2017, Change the course: National report on sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities, 2017
• ANROWS, 2018, Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality: Findings from the 2017 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS)
• Office of the eSafety Commissioner, 2017, Image-based abuse. National Survey: Summary Report
• Queensland Government Statistics Office, 2019, Crime report, Queensland, 2017–18 (PDF).

Key Queensland Government strategies and reports

• Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, 2017, Youth Sexual Violence and Abuse Steering Committee: Final Report
• Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women, 2018, Youth Sexual Violence and Abuse Steering Committee's Final Report: Queensland Government Response (PDF)
• Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (formerly Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services), 2016, Queensland Women’s Strategy 2016-2021
• Department of the Premier and Cabinet, 2016, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy 2016-2026
• Department of the Premier and Cabinet, 2018, Queensland Government response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (PDF)
• Queensland Corrective Services, 2019, 2018-2019 Annual Report.

Key strategies, reports and resources from other jurisdictions

Australian Government

• Department of Social Services, 2019, Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-2022
• Department of Social Services, 2015, National Outcome Standards for Perpetrator Interventions: Baseline report, 2015-16
• Department of Social Services, 2010, National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-2022
• Office of the eSafety Commissioner, 2019, Image-based abuse
• Office of the eSafety Commissioner, 2019, Research library
• Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, 2017, Final Report
• Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, 2019, Report to the Minister for Education: Higher education sector response to the issue of sexual assault and sexual harassment.

New South Wales

• Women NSW, 2018, NSW Sexual Assault Strategy 2018-2021.

Northern Territory

• Northern Territory Government, 2018, Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Reduction Framework 2018-2028 (PDF).

South Australia

• Office for Women, 2019, Committed to Safety: A framework for addressing domestic, family and sexual violence in South Australia (PDF).

Tasmania

• Department of Premier and Cabinet, 2013, Taking Action: Tasmania’s primary prevention strategy to reduce violence against women and children 2012-2022 (PDF)
• Tasmanian Government, 2019, Safe Homes, Families, Communities: Tasmania’s action plan for family and sexual violence 2019-2022 (PDF).

Victoria

• Department of Health and Human Services, 2018, Free From Violence: Victoria's strategy to prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women—First action plan 2018-2021 (PDF)
• Department of Premier and Cabinet, 2017, Free From Violence: Victoria’s strategy to prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women (PDF).