domestic violence (continued)

sexual abuse, 3, 15, 17n2, 20, 31, 36, 45n2, 80, 180, 226

sexual harassment, 15

stalking, 139

threats, 15, 17n2, 21, 24–25, 36, 53, 111, 113, 115–116, 121, 123, 125–126, 131, 142, 168, 177, 181, 201, 221, 225, 233–234, 251, 253, 255

using children, 15, 20–21, 116, 119, 125, 131, 253

using male privilege, 21

verbal abuse, 45n2, 75, 102n7, 116, 118, 131, 134, 141, 171, 213, 226, 228, 234, 247, 251

domestic violence courts, 148–150, 153n13, 154n15, 272–273

domestic violence court support programs, 11, 65–69, 73–76, 78–79, 86, 104n20, 147, 249, 256, 272

domestic violence support workers, 10–13, 65, 69–71, 79, 89, 111, 144, 154n15, 169–170

Douzinas, Costas, 112

empirical

data, 10, 44

evidence, 254

research, 16, 204–205

Erlanger, Howard S., 183

evidence, 4, 6, 16, 48–49n20, 55, 59, 92, 100, 106n32, 111–113, 130–137, 139, 145, 147, 151n1, 166, 173, 195, 199, 205, 207–208, 224, 229, 236

corroboration, 116, 132–133, 136, 225, 230–231, 235–236, 266

evidence (continued)

evaluating, 9, 114, 124, 173, 225, 231–237, 242n10, 256–257, 259, 266

expert, 37, 220–222, 226–228, 241, 242n10, 269, 271

giving/presentation, 9, 40, 42–43, 58, 82–83, 92, 114, 120, 127, 158–159, 166, 187–195, 217, 236, 266, 274

relevance, 39, 44, 134, 198–200, 231

rules of, 32, 40–44, 102–103n9, 156, 265–266

Family Court of Australia, 2, 4–5, 10, 14, 156, 158, 182, 200, 211, 230, 236–237, 252–254, 269

attitude towards intervention orders, 98, 256–259

children’s matters, 156–163, 197–206, 211, 213–214, 216, 219–220, 228, 230–237, 242n11, 255, 265, 268, 272, 274

conciliatory approach, 156, 159, 181

consent orders, 166, 176–186, 196n6, 221, 236, 248, 267, 272–273

cost considerations, 178–179, 187, 214

counseling, 156, 158–159, 171, 176, 200, 212, 220–221, 235, 241n9, 252, 271

court proceedings as a form of harassment, 163, 174–176, 266

cross-examination, 173, 175, 178, 188–194, 222–223, 242n10, 266, 274