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Family and sexual violence service provider update - MSD, June 2018
Talking Trouble Workshops
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Te Kupenga 2018: Survey of Māori well-being begins
Family violence prevention leaders recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
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Safe & Together Model CORE Training
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Elder Abuse Awareness Week 15-22 June 2018 - It's OK to ask for help
Mental Health Inquiry Panel – West Auckland Session
Whāngaia Bulletin
Programme: Parenting Through Separation
Training: Responding effectively to victims of domestic violence
Vuvale Sautu - Fiji Family Violence Training
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FREE seminar - Protection Orders as a Response to Domestic Violence
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Protection Order breach on the rise
August 28, 2013 at 11:09 AM
Convictions for breaches of court-ordered and police imposed orders increased by 10 % in the last 5 years. It totalled nearly 1900 in 2012. Offenders text, stalk or cyberbully their victims, and can get a maximum sentence of 2 years for breach. This will go up to 3 years under the family court reforms.
Refuges report on the women's burdens of attending court repeatedly to enforce protection orders. These increased by 14 % in the past 5 years and women and their children carry the burdens whilst themselves struggling with multiple issues and struggles on top of the abuse.
It would help them, refuges, service providers and the court system if Ruth Busch's suggestion to impose cumulative sentences for every breach.
"If I breach once, or I breach 13 times, they will sentence concurrently, so the next 12 times after my breach is just a freebie'. Ms Busch explained this does not deter a perpetrator.
You can read the news article here and an editorial here.
