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"Domestic violence perpetrators should be treated like “fixated persons”,
similar to violent extremists and stalkers targeting politicians, according to
an expert government body tasked with seeking a solution to the intimate
partner homicide crisis.
The Australian Institute of Criminology has delivered a report to the attorney
general, Mark Dreyfus, suggesting a trial of a Domestic Violence Threat
Assessment Centre, which could gather intelligence, monitor individuals and
intervene against those at high risk of carrying out a homicide.
The AIC said some perpetrators of domestic violence killings were “motivated by
fixation and grievances” and that such behaviour was linked to coercive control
and other forms of emotional or physical abuse. It said Australia should
consider treating such offenders the same way as other fixated persons, in a
model bringing together police, mental health support and domestic violence
experts to share information.
“Law enforcement or health agencies in isolation will rarely have the
information needed to identify these perpetrators as they escalate toward
violence … At present, indicators of escalating risk may only be visible to
individual agencies,” the report said.
Dreyfus said police ministers and attorneys general had been having meetings to
find better responses to high-risk domestic violence offenders. A national
cabinet meeting in May formalised the leaving violence payment for people
fleeing violent relationships and asked states and territories to develop
options for “focused deterrence and fixated threat strategies”.
Fixated Threat Assessment Centres have been used across the world and in
Australia to manage threats from lone-actor fixated individuals and as part of
a counter-terrorism response. Such models have brought together law
enforcement, health services and community agencies.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s director general, Mike
Burgess, in 2021 suggested violent misogyny could qualify as extremism by his
agency’s definitions."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
