‘We’re not the polite police’: LGBTQ+ domestic and family violence victim-survivors’ experiences with legal actors when seeking help via the civil protection order system in Australia

Ellen Reeves

Chapter 11 in Research Handbook on Domestic Violence and Abuse, 2024, pp 169-184 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter examines the experiences of LGBTQ+ victim/survivors of domestic abuse seeking protection orders in the Australian state of Victoria. The chapter argues that the legal system places unique barriers to protection for LGBTQ+ victim survivors. The chapter explores how these unique barriers work to compound those which are experienced by victim-survivors in heteronormative relationships.

Keywords: Law - Academic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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