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Domestic violence in Australia: A wicked problem

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posted on 2024-10-30, 22:16 authored by Sedat Mulayim, Mervyn JacksonMervyn Jackson, Chen-Hui Miranda LaiChen-Hui Miranda Lai
Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with advanced welfare and healthcare systems and an advanced democracy. However, despite increased government and community initiatives, the persistence of Domestic Violence (DV) in Australia is proving to be a wicked problem, affecting mostly women from members of all cultures, ages and socio-economic groups. This chapter introduces background information and recent national data in Australia relating to prevalence and attitudes among different sections of the community, milestone events and initiatives aimed at dealing with domestic violence. It identifies and discusses the complexity of the problem in terms of Rittel & Weber's concept of the wickedness of problems and makes recommendations about approaches for action in the light of data that show worsening trends in some key measures in recent years.

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Start page

165

End page

179

Total pages

15

Outlet

Domestic Violence in International Context

Edition

1

Editors

Diana Scharff Peterson and Julie A. Schroeder

Publisher

Routledge

Place published

Oxon, United Kingdom

Language

English

Copyright

© 2017 Diana Scharff Peterson and Julie A. Schroeder

Former Identifier

2006083648

Esploro creation date

2020-06-22

Fedora creation date

2018-09-19

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