Domestic and family violence protection orders in Australia : an investigation of information sharing and enforcement : state of knowledge paper

This state of knowledge paper has five purposes which are to: 1. investigate the current knowledge about the enforcement of DVPOs in Australia; 2. understand the legislation that underpins enforcement of DVPOs in Australia across jurisdictions; 3. scope the Australian research that has been undertaken on enforcement of protection orders; 4. explore the perspectives of victims and their advocates, police and magistrates and lawyers on enforcement of protection orders; and 5. understand the existing knowledge on information sharing related to protection orders, within and across agencies and across state borders.