An online bench book released by the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration aims to help federal and state judicial officers in cases involving family violence dispelling “myths” about family violence — including that victims are able to leave an abusive relationship, that only certain socio-economic groups or cultures experience domestic violence, and that the risk of abuse will stop after a couple separates. It also strongly contradicts some fathers’ groups which claim that mothers fabricate evidence of violence to shut them out of their children’s lives.
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