Contents

Family Violence Bench Book  1 - Purpose and scope of Family Violence Protection Act 2008  2 - Intervention Orders  3 - Other applications and orders under the Act  4 - Criminal offences  5 - Social context     5.1 - Terminology     5.2 - Nature of family violence     5.3 - Children     5.4 - Men     5.5 - Specific considerations for diverse groups     5.6 - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people     5.7 - Indigenous people     5.8 - People with disabilities (cognitive, physical or mental health)     5.9 - People in same-sex relationships     5.10 - Abuse of older people     5.11 – Family violence in rural, remote and regional places     5.12 - Services     5.13 - History of current family violence reforms     5.14 - Family violence and family law        5.14.1 - Intersection between family violence and family law        5.14.2 - Definition of family violence        5.14.3 - Objects and purposes of Part VII of the Family Law Act        5.14.4 - Parenting orders and family violence        5.14.5 - Frictions between family law and family violence systems        5.14.6 - Further reading  Index