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These topics are broad and encompass multiple issues. For this task, you also need to pick at least ONE of the “terms of reference" (or subquestions) for the issue you want to focus on. But think about picking a case study first (for example by doing a news media search), and think about which term of reference might fit your case: Step One Topic 1. Battered Women’s use of Self-Defence in the context of domestic violence. When women kill, it is most likely to be a current or former partner in the context of self-defence. Yet the standards of self-defence law continue to be difficult for women to meet. Terms of Reference (Pick at least one): 1. Is the law on self-defence adequate for victims of prolonged domestic and sexual violence? What are the ongoing barriers to women accessing this defence? 2. Is‘battered women’s syndrome’ an appropriate framework for understanding women’s defensive violence? 3. Are judicial understandings of the context of domestic violence adequate to accommodate women who kill in self-defence? How does the judiciary frame domestic violence and how does this effect legal outcomes? 4. What effect does the model of legal liberalism and blind justice have of legal assessments of the “reasonableness” to women’s claims of self-defence in the context of intimate partner violence? Topic 2. Police and Judicial Responses to Gay and Transgender Hate Crime Murders (1970-2010). Between 1970 and 2010 a series of gay hate homicides occurred in Sydney, many of these remain unsolved Terms of Reference (Pick at least one): 1. What are the key social patterns and drivers of anti-homosexual and anti-transgender violence and homicide 2. What role did the so called 'Gay panic' defence play in the LGBTIQ hate crimes between 1970 and 2010. How has the so-called 'Gay panic' defence impacted the delivery of justice and the treatment of Gay men during LGBTIQ hate crime investigations and court proceedings? 3. How did the police handle gay hate crimes and homicides? 4. What was the nature of police culture and attitudes towards the gay and transgender community between 1970 and 2010? What impact has this had on present day relationships with the police? Topic 3. Honour Related Violence Against Women in CALD Communities. Deepening our understanding of diverse experiences of violence, including the experiences of women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, is a national priority identified in the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 Terms of Reference (Pick at least one): 1. What is the practice of dowry, and dowry abuse in Australia? How does this overlap with domestic and family violence more broadly? 2. What is the role of ‘culture’ and ‘honour’ in violence against women? Is it useful to distinguish this from other types of violence against women? 3. What are the barriers faced by women by CALD women experiencing violence? What are the best practice principles for interventions with domestic and family violence perpetrators from CALD and refugee backgrounds? 4. What are the potential challenges in engaging men from CALD communities in violence prevention? Topic 4. Suicide of Returned Veterans in the Australian Defence Force. Suicide is the leading cause of death for people under 35 — the main age group in the defence force. Veteran men under 30 suicide at double the rate to other Australian men their age. Terms of Reference (Pick at least one): 1. What are men's experiences of deployment trauma? How is this experience framed by masculinity and masculine ideologies governing military life? 2. What role do cultures of abuse, denigration, harassment, hazing, bastardization, bullying (including threats of physical violence), and sexual violence within the ADF play in mental health and suicide rates? 3. What are women’s experience of violence-related trauma in the context of ADF culture? Topic 5. Technology facilitated violence against women. Violence against women is increasingly being incorporated into technology and online platforms: Terms of Reference (Pick at least one): 1. What is the extent and impact of Image-based sexual abuse and harassment? (for example ‘revenge pornography’, deep fake pornography, online exploitation). 2. What is the extent and impact of online gender based harrasment? 3. What effect has the culture and history of technology industries had on the current problem of online abuse and harassment? Should technology companies have a role in regulating abuse, or should individuals bear the responsibility to manage abuse? 4. How has technology been integrated into domestic violence perpetration? Topic 6. Women’s offending and imprisonment. Terms of Reference (Pick at least one): 1. Why are indigenous women the fastest rising prison population? 2. For female prisoners/offenders, what are the links between trauma, health and crime? 3. What are women’s pathways into offending and imprisonment? 4. What is the value of gender responsive approaches to justice, corrections, rehabilitation and/or prevention? If you scroll down through this page, you will find information and resources on each of these topics. You do not need to review all of this information for this assessment (remember this is only a 10% task), but it might be useful to remember that this information is available for you to use for the final assessment as well. Step two Find a case study and consider the key issues Once you have selected a topic, you will need to find a case from the media detailing a real-life example to use as a ‘case study’. A case study is usually based on a person, that relates to the topic you have chosen. It is not just a news article about your broad topic. The case study should be · a real-life story that you can use as an example of the issue · It should relate to ONE of the "terms of reference" (or sub questions) for your topic. The case study can be sourced from: · news media; or · scholarly research; or · legal cases; or · a mix of the above Write the facts and identify the key issues · Review and write up the facts of the case · Think about what "key issues" it raises. · You must relate the case study to AT LEAST ONE of the "terms of reference". This shows how the case relates to a broader problem. Briefly analyse the case and issues using theory and research Once you have reviewed the case, and identified which of the "terms of reference" it might relate to, you will need to relate this to: · ONE key concept or theory from the unit; and · ONE key scholarly research source You will need to write a short explanation outlining how the theory and the research relate to the case study and the issue. You don't need to know the answer to your problem/question yet, you can develop this in the final assessment. This task should just get you thinking about how you might go about analysing the issue by applying ideas to a single case study.