Join us for this panel on The Problematic Abolition of Defensive Homicide: The Missing Voices in the Debate
In November 2014, the Victorian offence of defensive homicide was abolished following a widely held perception that it was being…
Submission to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Deakin Criminologist, Dr Wendy O’Brien, and Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Monash) have provided a submission to the United Nations Office of…
New Article Challenging the Dominant Populist Voices that Sparked the Abolition of Defensive Homicide
Dr Danielle Tyson has co-authored an article with Monash Criminology PhD candidate Maddy Ulbrick and Dr Asher Flynn (Department of…
Deakin criminologist Kate Fitz-Gibbon receives prestigious Churchill Fellowship
Criminology lecturer Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon has been awarded the prestigious Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship for 2015. The Fellowship will allow…
Five years after the end of provocation, jealous male killers still receive leniency
In the UK, men can no longer claim they were provoked by jealousy into killing their partner. Our research published…
Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon responds to High Court’s judgment in R v Lindsay
Yesterday the Australian High Court handed down their judgment in R v Lindsay, a South Australian homicide case that is set to reignite…
Why we need a national review of legal responses to lethal domestic violence
This article was first written by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and published on The Conversation. The law’s response to lethal domestic violence…
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…
How should English courts respond to children who commit crime?
Last week the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Operation and Effectiveness of the Youth Court released their final report. The report…
Forthcoming Conference – Homicide Law Reform in Victoria: Prospects and Retrospect
HOMICIDE LAW REFORM IN VICTORIA: PROSPECTS AND RETROSPECT 2014 marks a decade since the release of the Victorian Law Reform…
Baird must revisit O’Farrell’s mandatory sentencing laws
In today’s Sydney Morning Herald, Deakin criminologist Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon has authored an op-ed encouraging the new NSW Premier, Mike…
The injustice of the provocation defence in NSW continues
On Friday, Yassir Ibrahim Mohamed Hassan was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court to a maximum term of 12 years imprisonment,…
Kate Fitz-Gibbon responds to NSW provocation law reform
In NSW Parliament today Fred Nile introduced the Crimes Amendment (Provocation) Bill 2014 [NSW]. While debate was adjourned, several parliamentary…
NSW Government drafts restrictions to law of provocation
The NSW Government has released a Draft Bill and Discussion Paper recommending that a reformed version of the provocation defence be retained with significant…
Victorian Attorney-General’s Law Oration
On Thursday 3rd October the Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark delivered the Melbourne University Law School and Victorian Law Foundation Law Oration…
Abolishing defensive homicide will benefit female victims and offenders
This article was first published on The Conversation on 4th October 2013 The Victorian Department of Justice has released its…