In 2015, Keeley Richards-Shaw found her name and personal life splashed all over the media. Her photo, her job and links to her Facebook page were all published. She'd been in court seeing her ex-partner sentenced for harassment ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2023
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New research has found that Asian women in the East of England struggle to speak out against domestic abuse due to several barriers, including pressures from within their communities and gaps in services, while the support ...
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2022
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The nature and extent of technology-facilitated abuse in Australia has been laid bare, with a new survey revealing victims are subjected to stalking, psychological abuse and physical threats.
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2021
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People's lives have been shattered by so-called "revenge porn," upskirting, fake porn, sexual extortion and videos of sexual assaults and rape shared online. Victims and survivors can experience profound "social rupture"—a ...
Social Sciences
Jul 1, 2019
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A textbook designed to prepare students to work with victims and perpetrators of domestic violence has been published by a University of Queensland researcher.
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2019
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In January this year, a new app was released that gives users the ability to swap out faces in a video with a different face obtained from another photo or video – similar to Snapchat's "face swap" feature. It's an everyday ...
Internet
Mar 1, 2018
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The first comprehensive research on "revenge porn" has revealed the mass scale of victimisation across Australia, with one in five people suffering image-based abuse, according to a study by Monash University and RMIT University.
Social Sciences
May 8, 2017
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Facebook on Tuesday modified a "real names" policy once protested by drag queen performers, the gay community, abuse victims and others.
Internet
Dec 15, 2015
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Three in five Australians have been the target of online harassment and abuse, landmark RMIT University research reveals.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2015
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Arrests of women increased dramatically in the past two decades, while domestic abuse laws meant to protect female victims have put many behind bars for defending themselves, a new paper argues.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2015
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