Domestic Violence

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Summary For University of Tasmania psychology honours student Jane Sutcliffe, being part of new research into domestic violence is something she is passionate about. With her own mother’s career being closely connected to domestic violence and its effects, Miss Sutcliffe’s path to her latest project focusing on community attitudes towards domestic violence, is something she is driven to make inroads into. The ‘Understanding Australian community attitudes towards domestic violence’ study will be carried out by Miss Sutcliffe alongside Dr Kimberley Norris, from the Faculty of Health’s School of Medicine (Psychology), via a 20-minute online questionnaire. A clinical psychologist, as well as a lecturer at the University, Dr Norris said while there seemed to be more people discussing domestic violence in the community, it was important to ascertain what the community was saying. The study, due for completion by August, is part of a broader stepping stone to many larger scale projects around addressing domestic violence in Australia, including a closer look at the “severely under-researched” area of female perpetrators who make up about 14 per cent of all Australian domestic violence perpetrators.