Expert tells Victoria’s royal commission into family violence the risks of death or serious injury ‘increase some 800-fold after such incidents
Australian women are 800 times more likely to be seriously injured or killed after an attempted strangulation incident, Victoria’s royal commission on family violence has been told.
University of Queensland law professor Heather Douglas told the commission a specific offence was needed to warn police of a perpetrator’s history.
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Source: theguardian.com