The Institute’s Emeritus Professor Leanne Dowse, alongside other UNSW colleagues, recently completed a report for the Australian Government’s Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.
The research report, Police Responses to People with Disability, indicates that justice systems across Australia in many cases enable, rather than prevent, violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. The report includes examples of good practice and alternatives to the current policing models that advocates say should be more widely practiced.
The report is available in various formats on the Royal Commission’s website, including Easy Read and Auslan.