‘We should be incredibly concerned for women’s safety’: Professor explains her extensive analysis aiming to prevent domestic violence

More than 70 percent of men who have killed their current or past female partners had at least prior two interactions with police, the legal system or child protection before the killings.
Monash University Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon joined 6PR Mornings to discuss her extensive analysis of a decade’s worth of sentencing.
“We know that in more cases then not, the perpetrator was known to the system before they used lethal violence.” Fitz-Gibbon said on 6PR Mornings.
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“We need to ensure we aren’t focusing on just one part of the problem.”
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