Project Leaders: Dr Romy Winter, Christina Hudson, Dr Caroline Spiranovic, Dr Sonya Stanford, Associate Professor Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, Dr Kate Cashman, Dr Kimberley Norris
Baptcare LTD
Funding: Baptcare LTD (2022)
This project will involve an evaluation of Baptcare's implementation of the Caring Dads and Mothers in Mind programs in Tasmania to prevent family violence. The evaluation will comprise a desktop analysis of deidentified client data and a system wide mapping of family violence service provision in Tasmania.
Project Leaders: Dr Caroline Spiranovic, Dr Kimberley Norris, Dr Kate Cashman, Dr Sonya Stanford, Dr Romy Winter, Associate Professor Isabelle Bartkowiak-Théron, Professor Nicole Asquith
Sexual Assault Support Service (SASS)
Funding: Sexual Assault Support Service Inc. (2021)
The UTAS STOP Violence network (Standing Together on Preventing Violence) in partnership with SASS in Tasmania will obtain local data about community and stakeholder views on sexual violence in Southern Tasmania, including: the types of sexual violence occurring in Tasmania, the support services available and what improvements can be made to these services.
The City of Launceston has identified a number of issues associated with repeat vandalism in the Northern Suburbs which create a range of negative consequences for community members and council departments. Council has approached the Violence and Abuse Research Unit (VARU) within TILES to provide information and understandings to enable long term behaviour change and also examples of place-based strategies to reduce vandalism.
Project Team: Dr Romy Winter; Dr Kimberley Norris, Dr Mandy Matthewson, Dr Ron Frey and Dr Peter Lucas.
Funding: Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management (Tasmania), (2019-2020)
This project was an evaluation of the full trial of Project Vigilance, an initiative involving the bilateral electronic monitoring of family violence offenders by Tasmania Police.
Team Members: Professor Roberta Julian and Dr Danielle Campbell
Funding: Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management (2018-2020)
The project used a consultative approach (to build rapport and gain feedback on methodology) to document the key issues influencing motivation, retention, and sustainability of emergency response (ER) volunteers in Tasmania.
Co-Lead Researchers: Prof Roberta Julian and Dr Romy Winter (TILES, VARU)
Senior Researchers: Dr Danielle Campbell (TILES) and Dr Gwynn MacCarrick (School of Social Sciences)
Funding: Migrant Resource Centre (Southern Tas) (2019-2020)
Completed: 2020 (confidential report)
The Mothers Circle was a tailored Australian response to the growing recognition of the role of mothers in Counter Violent Extremism (CVE), piloted by the Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) in Hobart and Launceston. The MRC was subcontracted by DPFEM (funding from Department of Home Affairs) to develop curriculum and materials which will be used to educate and empower women in target communities to recognise and respond to early signs of problem behaviour and radicalisation.
This project was undertaken in collaboration with University of the South Pacific. It explored the perspectives of police officers and community members in Polynesian contexts on the policing of family violence.
Chief Investigators: Dr Katrina Clifford and Professor Stefan Greuter, Deakin University
In collaboration with: Professor Roberta Julian (TILES)
Funding: Deakin University (2019)
The project explored and piloted the use of Virtual Reality (VR) as an innovative and interactive training tool for Australian crime scene investigators (CSI) and will evaluate its effectiveness compared to traditional forensic science education and training models and methods.
The project had five key objectives: 1) To conduct a survey to document the experiences of LGBTIQ Tasmanians with Tasmania Police; 2) To conduct interviews with LGBTIQ Tasmanians about their experiences with Tasmania Police; 3) To conduct interviews with Tasmania Police personnel to document how Tasmania Police interact with LGBTIQ Tasmanians, including the experiences of LGBTIQ officers’ interactions with the Tasmanian LGBTIQ community; 4) To document the key issues impacting the relationship between LGBTIQ Tasmanians and Tasmania Police; and 5) To inform police and LGBTIQ community policy and practice with data about how best to secure the safety of LGBTIQ Tasmanians.
