Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Kate Fitz-Gibbon is Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and Associate Professor of Criminology in the School of Social Sciences at Monash University. She is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Law and Social Justice at University of Liverpool.
Kate completed her PhD at Monash in 2012, following which she was appointed as a Lecturer in Criminology in School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University. Kate has been a visiting scholar in the Centre for Criminology at Oxford University (2013), The Faculty of Law at University of Auckland (2015) and the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology (2015).
Kate conducts research in the area of family violence, legal responses to lethal violence, youth justice and the effects of homicide law and sentencing reform in Australian and international jurisdictions. This research is undertaken with a key focus on issues relating to gender, constructions of responsibility and justice. The findings of her research have been published in high impact criminology and law journals and presented at national and international criminology conferences. Kate has received funding to support her research from the Australian Research Council, Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety, Victorian Women’s Trust and the Victorian Legal Services Board. In 2015 Kate was awarded the prestigious Peter Mitchell Churchill Fellowship to examine innovative and best practice legal responses to the prevention of intimate homicide in UK, United States and Canada.
Kate has advised on homicide law reform, family violence and youth justice reviews in several Australian jurisdictions.Kate’s 2014 sole-authored book, Homicide Law Reform, Gender and the Provocation Defence: A Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan), was cited by the High Court of Australia in Lindsay v The Queen [2015] HCA 16.
In 2016 Kate was appointed as a member of the Victorian Government’s Expert Advisory Committee on Perpetrator Interventions and also sits as a member of the Monash City Council Gender Equity Advisory Committee. Previously Kate was Chair of the Barwon Centre against Sexual Assault Governance Board and a member of the Step Back Think Board of Directors.
Research interests
Family violence
Femicide
Intimate partner homicide
Adolescent family violence
Perpetrator Interventions
Legal responses to intimate partner violence
Coercive control
Homicide law reform
Sentencing
Youth justice
Children’s rights and the criminal justice system
Research area keywords
- family violence
- violence against women
- primary prevention of family violence
- criminal justice system
- criminal law reform
- adolescent family violence
- youth justice
- femicide
- coercive control
- sentencing
- children's rights
- perpetrator interventions
- intimate partner homicide
- homicide law reform
Network
Projects
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Domestic violence disclosure schemes: A national review
Fitz-Gibbon, K. & Walklate, S.
1/01/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Family violence perpetrator focused screening and risk assessment: identifying current practice and future opportunities
Meyer, S., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Bartlett, T., Tassone, S. & Martin, P.
13/07/20 → 13/01/22
Project: Research
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Gender-based violence and help-seeking behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic
Pfitzner, N., Fitz-Gibbon, K. & True, J.
7/07/20 → …
Project: Research
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Taskforce - Evaluation of the early intervention for family violence (U-Turn)
Meyer, S., Fitz-Gibbon, K. & McCulloch, J.
Taskforce Community Agency Inc
29/02/20 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
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Specialist Support Research Program
Maher, J., McCulloch, J., Segrave, M., Weber, L., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Muir, C. & McKernan, H.
Police Department (Vic) (trading as Victoria Police) (Victoria)
14/03/19 → 13/03/21
Project: Research
Research output
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Eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls: some criminological reflections on the challenges of measuring success and gauging progress
Fitz-Gibbon, K. & Walklate, S., 2021, The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development. Blaustein, J., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Pino, N. & White, R. (eds.). 1st ed. Bingley UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, p. 315-332 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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The Nexus between Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development
Blaustein, J., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Pino, N. & White, R., 2021, The Emerald Handbook of Crime, Justice and Sustainable Development. Blaunstein, J., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Pino, N. W. & White, R. (eds.). Bingley UK: Emerald, p. 3-83 81 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Combining Group-based Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators With Comorbid Substance Use: An Australian Study of Cross-sector Practitioner Views
Meyer, S., Burley, J. & Fitz-Gibbon, K., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Family violence perpetrator screening and risk assessment
Bartlett, T. S., Meyer, S. & Fitz-Gibbon, K., 30 Apr 2020, MelbourneResearch output: Other contribution › Other
Open Access -
Justice perspectives of women with disability: An Australian story
McCulloch, J., Maher, J., Walklate, S., McGowan, J. & Fitz-Gibbon, K., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : International Review of Victimology. p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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100 Women of Influence Awards 2014: Young Leader
Fitz-Gibbon, Kate (Recipient), Oct 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean's Award Excellence in Research by an Early Career Researcher
Fitz-Gibbon, Kate (Recipient), Jul 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean's Award for Excellence in Research Impact and Engagement
McCulloch, Jude (Recipient), Maher, JaneMaree (Recipient), Fitz-Gibbon, Kate (Recipient), Segrave, Marie (Recipient) & James Andrew Roffee (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Faculty of Arts & Education Excellence in Research: Early Career Researcher Award
Fitz-Gibbon, Kate (Recipient), Dec 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Future Leader Prize
Fitz-Gibbon, Kate (Recipient), Oct 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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NSW Government (New South Wales Government) (External organisation)
Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Member)
Apr 2020 → …Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Australian Institute of Criminology (External organisation)
Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Member)
15 Jun 2020 → …Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Criminology and Criminal Justice (Journal)
Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Editorial board member)
1 Feb 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Respect Victoria (External organisation)
Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Member)
Aug 2018 → Aug 2021Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Membership of an advisory panel/policy group/ board
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Current Issues in Criminal Justice (Journal)
Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Editorial board member)
3 Dec 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Press / Media
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Australia is not ready to criminalise coercive control — here’s why
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Sandra Walklate & Silke Meyer
1/10/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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‘We are in a bubble that is set to burst’. Why urgent support must be given to domestic violence workers
Naomi Pfitzner, Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Jacqui True
1/07/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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New reports of family violence spike in COVID-19 lockdown, study finds
Naomi Pfitzner, Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Jacqui True
8/06/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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COVID-19 and domestic violence
Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Jude McCulloch, JaneMaree Maher, Silke Meyer & Marie Segrave
26/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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The Senate inquiry into family violence has closed, missing an important opportunity
Kate Fitz-Gibbon & Silke Meyer
21/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature