Adolescent family violence is 'extremely underreported'. This mum is helping break the silence
5 years, 2 months ago

Adolescent family violence is 'extremely underreported'. This mum is helping break the silence

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When Heather* describes the violence she's suffered at home, it's easy to assume she's talking about her partner. " And the actual numbers could be higher — Dr Fitz-Gibbon says adolescent family violence "is extremely underreported". "It isn't a form of family violence that we hear a lot about and that people feel comfortable to talk about," Dr Fitz-Gibbon says. Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon says more needs to be done to support victims of adolescent family violence. "We don't yet have broad specialised responses to adolescent family violence on offer," Dr Fitz-Gibbon says.

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'Invisible' victims of teenage violence are already suffering in silence. The legal system is making the problem worse
4 years, 9 months ago

'Invisible' victims of teenage violence are already suffering in silence. The legal system is making the problem worse

ABC  

The abuse began soon after Anita's* eldest son hit his teenage years, she says, and quickly escalated from simple back-chatting to full-blown physical assaults. Protection orders excluding children from the home "Children are often referred to as the silent victims of family violence but, perversely, they only become visible to the system when they start using violence themselves," said Elena …

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