It's relatively common for perpetrators of family violence to threaten suicide to control a victim-survivor's actions. A study by the Australian Institute of Criminology suggests 39% of women who experience coercive control ...
Social Sciences
Jun 15, 2024
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This week, about 50 female students from Victoria's Bacchus Marsh Grammar School found fake, sexually explicit images of themselves shared without their consent on Instagram and Snapchat. Images of their faces, purportedly ...
Social Sciences
Jun 12, 2024
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Thirteen Brazilian mothers who say they are victims of domestic violence have told researchers of their harrowing experiences inside that country's family court system.
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2023
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"Sexting", the sharing of sexual images via mobile phones or other electronic devices, is legal if it occurs between consenting adults. But it is illegal if it occurs between children and young people. The law needs to change ...
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2020
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Image-based sexual abuse in Australia is increasing, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2020
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Many Australians are shocked by celebrity chef George Calombaris being caught for underpaying employees A$7.8 million. It didn't help, of course, that the television personality was also reported to be seeking a huge pay ...
Economics & Business
Jul 31, 2019
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Last week, violent riots erupted in the NSW Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre. Several inmates allegedly attacked known sex offenders, and a held a siege on the rooftop lasting nearly 22 hours. In June, officers at the ...
Social Sciences
Jul 29, 2019
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The top-secret leak that Britain had conditionally allowed China's Huawei to develop its 5G network, which brought down the defence minister, does not amount to a criminal offence, police concluded Saturday.
Business
May 4, 2019
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The federal government has announced new initiatives aimed at keeping young athletes safe from abuse and harassment. The announcement by Minister of Sport Kirsty Duncan follows a CBC investigation that revealed more than ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2019
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Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest move by the junta to restore the tarnished image of the men in orange robes.
Other
Jul 14, 2017
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