Survivor experiences with law enforcement

Project Team

Chief Investigators: Associate Professor Bridget Harris, Dr Naomi Pfitzner, Dr Jasmine McGowan, Associate Professor Emily Berger, Professor Kyllie Cripps, Kym Valentine, Lily, Associate Professor Sean Cowlishaw, Associate Professor Marlene Longbottom, Associate Professor Hannah McGlade, Dr Vinnitta Mosby
Project manager: Alex Avella Archila
Research officer: Hannah Fahour

About this project

The Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department has commissioned the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre together with lived experience advocates and colleagues from James Cook and Curtin universities to undertake national consultations with people with lived experience of domestic, family and sexual violence who have sought assistance from or had interactions with police. The findings of the consultations will inform the development and delivery of a national training and education package for police.

The national consultation process will involve:

  1. A victim-survivor think tank
  2. Virtual focus groups and yarning circles
  3. Online submissions

Have your Say: Learning from people with lived experience

Victim-survivors’ experiences with police are essential to shaping the consultation findings and recommendations.

We want to hear from victim-survivors about their interactions with police including why and how they sought assistance from police and what response was provided.

We are currently holding virtual focus groups and interviews with young victim-survivors. If you are aged 15 and over and would like to share your experience, please contact Dr Jasmine McGowan at jasmine.mcgowan@monash.edu.

Privacy

The research team values victim-survivors’ privacy and your personal information will be protected and kept securely in accordance with the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2023.

More Information

If you have any questions about the project, you can contact the research team on the dedicated project email: ConnectingWithLivedExperience@monash.edu .

Project Contacts