Feminism’s latest weapon is a fraud

Well, BOSCAR touched on this issue in a recent publication, which concluded that “[a]lthough they are an integral part of the criminal justice response, there is limited rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of protection orders in improving DV-related outcomes.”

Too right. The evidence-base for our massive violence order system has always been mighty thin on the ground. When most of our DV laws were introduced over a decade ago, overseas research on the subject was dismal, mainly based on phone interviews with victims. The only study with a statistically significant result at that time was research involving phone interviews with 313 people in Seattle!  

Not much has changed, even though there’s now a wealth of Australian research looking at reoffending rates for people on violence orders. With so many violence orders now based on false accusations used in family law battles, it’s nonsensical to suggest breaches tell us anything about the deterrent effect of a violence order, given that breaches are often set up as part of the false accuser’s strategy. Plus, there’s the fact that we’re often not talking about physical violence, with violence orders now issued for emotional abuse, psychological abuse, financial abuse, spiritual abuse… the list goes on. The shield is often used to protect a woman’s hurt feelings rather than keeping her safe.  

Knowing this, it is very irritating reading research studies which laboriously add up rates of repeat offending and order breaches. These researchers are living in La La Land.

To put the whole thing in perspective, let’s look at just one state – Queensland. The Sunshine State, they call it.

Oh yeh? Queensland has more people locked up for breaches of violence orders than the rest of Australia put together. Not much sunshine for that lot.  

Violence orders are already being issued at five times the rate of divorces. And this is a huge growth industry. Look at this graph:

The future looks particularly grim for men in our Deep North but rest assured, the move is on everywhere. Violence orders are already scattered like vile confetti across the land. Yet the growth in numbers of men locked up through breaches will pale into insignificance once coercive control’s fast route to prison is fully operational.

Then we’ll see the Sisterhood dancing in the streets as their powerful new weapon to destroy men starts to take its toll.