Deaf women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence. How perpetrators weaponise disability
- Written by: Vanessa Letico, Lecturer in Criminology and Senior Policy Officer (Office for the Commissioner for Victims of Crime), Victoria University
Yurii_Yarema/ShutterstockThe alarming rise in reports of domestic violence and intimate-partner homicides has led to increased media attention and heightened awareness in our communities.
We know perpetrators have evolved too, adapting their abusive methods to be more pervasive, discreet and sly. Signs that people with disability may be...
