Victorian homicide law reforms ensure just responses to violence
This article is authored by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and was first published on The Conversation on 26th June 2014. Victorian attorney-general…
This article is authored by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and was first published on The Conversation on 26th June 2014. Victorian attorney-general…
By Kate Fitz-Gibbon In 1990/91, over a five-month period, three children were murdered in the small town of Bowraville, New…
HOMICIDE LAW REFORM IN VICTORIA: PROSPECTS AND RETROSPECT 2014 marks a decade since the release of the Victorian Law Reform…
In today’s Sydney Morning Herald, Deakin criminologist Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon has authored an op-ed encouraging the new NSW Premier, Mike…
On Friday, Yassir Ibrahim Mohamed Hassan was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court to a maximum term of 12 years imprisonment,…
In NSW Parliament today Fred Nile introduced the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 [NSW]. While debate was adjourned, several parliamentary…
The rape and murder of Jill Meagher in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick in September 2012 was as horrible a crime as could…
An article published this week in the latest issue of Criminology and Criminal Justice reveals judicial and legal practitioner support for the…
The NSW Government has released a Draft Bill and Discussion Paper recommending that a reformed version of the provocation defence be retained with significant…
On Thursday 3rd October the Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark delivered the Melbourne University Law School and Victorian Law Foundation Law Oration…
This article was first published on The Conversation on 4th October 2013 The Victorian Department of Justice has released its…
The Victorian Department of Justice has overnight released the Defensive Homicide Proposals for Legislative Reform: Consultation Paper. The paper is a…
This month the Home Secretary Theresa May MP announced a major review in England and Wales of how police respond…
By Kate Fitz-Gibbon Last month the Victorian Premier Denis Napthine, Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay, Lord Mayor Robert Doyle…
Provocation is a partial defence to murder, which has attracted controversy and critique in every Australian criminal justice system except South…
An article discussing the findings of Kate Fitz-Gibbon’s research examining the Victorian operation of defensive homicide has appeared front page…