Marie Segrave
Monash University, Criminology, School of Social Sciences, Faculty Member
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Technological developments move at lightening pace and can bring with them new possibilities for social harm. This book brings together original empirical and theoretical work examining how digital technologies both create and sustain... more
Technological developments move at lightening pace and can bring with them new possibilities for social harm. This book brings together original empirical and theoretical work examining how digital technologies both create and sustain various forms of gendered violence and provide platforms for resistance and criminal justice intervention. This edited collection is organised around two key themes of facilitation and resistance, with an emphasis through the whole collection on the development of a gendered interrogation of contemporary practices of technologically-enabled or enhanced practices of violence. Addressing a broad range of criminological issues such as intimate partner violence, rape and sexual assault, online sexual harassment, gendered political violence, online culture, cyberbullying, and human trafficking, and including a critical examination of the broader issue of feminist ‘digilantism’ and resistance to online sexual harassment, this book examines the ways in which ...
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In this paper, we draw on accounts of family violence risk offered by women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities living in Victoria Australia, and examine how women’s migration and experiences of difference impact... more
In this paper, we draw on accounts of family violence risk offered by women from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities living in Victoria Australia, and examine how women’s migration and experiences of difference impact on the risks they face from family violence. Women in refugee and immigrant communities are often understood as experiencing additional barriers and vulnerabilities when they face family violence; implicitly creating a deficit model of vulnerability attached to women’s intersectional marginalization particularly in terms of migration and service regimes. Yet when we focus on women’s own accounts of risk and safety, we argue that the ‘vulnerabilities’ these women experience are in fact predominantly created by service and legislative regimes that operate in terms of gender and migration. Rather than assuming that such vulnerabilities are inherent for women from CALD communities, we need to better recognise women’s own assessments of risk and their s...
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Research Interests: Criminology, Rhetoric, Decision Making, Border Studies, Immigration, and 14 morePolitical Science, Human Trafficking, Gender, Migration Studies, Sex Work, Law Enforcement, Social Science Research Network, Enforcement, Ambiguity, Sex Trafficking, Border control, Immigration Control, Suspect, and Anti Trafficking
This paper explores the implications of domestic and family violence occurring across borders, specifically the utilisation of border crossings to exert control and enact violence. While gendered violence can and does occur in... more
This paper explores the implications of domestic and family violence occurring across borders, specifically the utilisation of border crossings to exert control and enact violence. While gendered violence can and does occur in border-crossing journeys, this paper focuses more specifically on how domestic and family violence extends across national borders and how violence (or the threat of violence and deportation) can manifest across multiple countries when women are temporary visa holders. This paper illuminates the way in which migration systems play a significant role in temporary migrant experiences of domestic and family violence. Drawing on a study of 300 temporary migrants and their experiences of domestic and family violence, I argue that perpetrators effectively weaponise the migration system to threaten, coerce and control women in different ways, most often with impunity. I also argue that we cannot focus on perpetrators and the individual alone—that we need to build on ...
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This submission has been prepared by members of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre (MGFVPC).<br>Our submission provides a response to the Government's Discussion Paper. It is structured into five main... more
This submission has been prepared by members of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre (MGFVPC).<br>Our submission provides a response to the Government's Discussion Paper. It is structured into five main sections:<br>Defining and understanding what constitutes coercive controlCoercive control as a key risk factor prior to intimate partner femicideThe suitability of existing legal frameworks in New South WalesHow we can best address coercive control.A whole of system responses to coercive controlOur submission makes 10 recommendations to the Committee.<br>The submission also provides summary details of current research led by MGFVPC researchers to improve understandings of, and responses to coercive and controlling behaviours.
This submission brings together the views of scholars from the Border Crossing Observatory and the Monash Gender and Family Violence Focus Program at Monash University whose past and current research informs the concerns and issues raised... more
This submission brings together the views of scholars from the Border Crossing Observatory and the Monash Gender and Family Violence Focus Program at Monash University whose past and current research informs the concerns and issues raised in this submission, and InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence who work with women and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD) who are victims/survivors of domestic violence in Victoria.
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This report draws on detailed cases of 300 women who sought the support service of InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence over 2015–16. The findings lay the ground for a range of potential interventions and improved... more
This report draws on detailed cases of 300 women who sought the support service of InTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence over 2015–16. The findings lay the ground for a range of potential interventions and improved responses for this group of women, on the basis of significant data that details the specific impact of migration status on the experience of family violence and access to support. While in this study migration status does not align exactly with immigrant and refugee status, there are often issues that are relevant across both groups: related to cultural and familial practices and living arrangements in particular. As this report details, migration status often adds a layer of complexity and, most often, uncertainty, for women. Further, the report points to other significant concerns that extend beyond the specificity of temporary migration – in particular, the overlap of family violence and forms of coercion and abuse that are akin to Commonwealth traffick...
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This brief provides an overview of the key findings relating to domestic and family violence from the report Migrant and Refugee Women in Australia: The Safety and Security Study by Monash University. The key findings offer an important... more
This brief provides an overview of the key findings relating to domestic and family violence from the report Migrant and Refugee Women in Australia: The Safety and Security Study by Monash University. The key findings offer an important insight into migrant and refugee women’s experiences of and attitudes towards domestic and family violence, issues that have been under explored in existing literature. As migrant and refugee women are currently a national priority in the context of domestic and family violence, capturing quantitative data with this specificity of focus is of critical importance.
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This interim report seeks to draw attention primarily to the issue of unlawful migrant work in Australia; to debunk some key myths around this population; and to raise a challenge to policy makers and legislators to look towards a future... more
This interim report seeks to draw attention primarily to the issue of unlawful migrant work in Australia; to debunk some key myths around this population; and to raise a challenge to policy makers and legislators to look towards a future that will enable impact labour reform to be achieved – reform that will reduce the levels of exploitation and modern slavery occurring within Australia. The report also raises the question: can Australia commit to countering modern slavery and migrant labour exploitation if it continues to sideline unlawful migrant labour experiences based on workers’ migration status?
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This submission has been prepared by members of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre (MGFVPC), the Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre (GPS), and the University of Liverpool (UK). It focuses on how the COVID-19... more
This submission has been prepared by members of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre (MGFVPC), the Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre (GPS), and the University of Liverpool (UK). It focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the nature and prevalence of domestic violence against women as well as service responses to women and children experiencing violence. Our submission is focused on Australia, the Indo-Pacific, England and Wales.
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This paper analyses relations between human trafficking, modern slavery, and information communication technology. It looks at the history of the technology-trafficking nexus and flags some key advances in the counter-trafficking... more
This paper analyses relations between human trafficking, modern slavery, and information communication technology. It looks at the history of the technology-trafficking nexus and flags some key advances in the counter-trafficking discourse in the last two decades. It provides an overview of how technology has been framed as both a part of the problem and part of the solution in the trafficking/slavery context and emphasises the impact of such developments on a range of actors, in particular, potential victims, NGOs, and the nation state. We suggest that the technology-slavery/trafficking connections, while often elusive, act as potent narrative and policy setters that can advance existing challenges and create new points of tension in the counter-trafficking context. We critically analyse these points of tension and destabilise some of their underpinning assumptions. In the conclusion, we highlight the need for rigorous empirical evidence, arguing that a more robust scholarly engage...
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This article responds to recent calls to better understand and respond to family violence risks to children. Drawing on the findings of a wider research project on family violence risk which engaged with over 1000 members of Victoria’s... more
This article responds to recent calls to better understand and respond to family violence risks to children. Drawing on the findings of a wider research project on family violence risk which engaged with over 1000 members of Victoria’s family violence system through a survey, focus groups and in-depth interviews, this article examines practitioners’ views on current practices and future needs for reform to improve family violence risk assessment practices for children. The findings have implications both nationally and internationally, given the dearth of evidence-based family violence risks assessment tools. Key findings reinforce the importance of interagency collaboration and a shared responsibility for children impacted by family violence across services and the importance of specialised training in this area. Caution, however, is raised about ongoing patterns of blame for mothers affected by family violence: we conclude that the need to address children’s risk in family violenc...
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In this article, I extend the theoretical concept of differential inclusion, as developed in 2013 by Mezzadra and Neilson, via an empirical examination of the experiences of unlawful migrant workers in Australia and those who employ them.... more
In this article, I extend the theoretical concept of differential inclusion, as developed in 2013 by Mezzadra and Neilson, via an empirical examination of the experiences of unlawful migrant workers in Australia and those who employ them. I explore the dynamic and shifting positionality of the unlawful migrant by examining several sites and strategies used to achieve differential inclusion in the Australian context, including migrant worker networks, the workplace and the broader community. My analysis reveals that the nation-state’s effort to exclude and demarcate non-belonging via law and policy is destabilized by the inclusionary bordering practices of both citizens and unlawful non-citizens. My findings point to the importance of criminologists continuing to look beyond the physical border to make sense of the configuration and reconfiguration of belonging. The conceptualization of differential inclusion provided here recognizes that workers and employers utilize diverse strateg...
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This chapter introduces the key conceptual framework of the book and sets out the problems faced by temporary migrants in Australia that were revealed through the case studies carried out during the course of our research. We consider... more
This chapter introduces the key conceptual framework of the book and sets out the problems faced by temporary migrants in Australia that were revealed through the case studies carried out during the course of our research. We consider contemporary migration patterns at both a global and regional level (in the Asia-Pacific region) with reference to key literature on migrant transnationalism, labour mobility and the global market in tertiary education. The discussion explores the tension between mobility and security by considering the nexus of human (in)security, human rights and border control, with reference also to state practices that create insecurity by criminalising some border crossing activities and creating conditions conducive to the exploitation, marginalisation and victimisation of non-citizens.
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Large-scale emigrations do not occur in a vacuum but are related to the social and political contexts of the individuals who leave their country of origin for short or long periods. A decade and a half ago, Indonesia was in the grip of... more
Large-scale emigrations do not occur in a vacuum but are related to the social and political contexts of the individuals who leave their country of origin for short or long periods. A decade and a half ago, Indonesia was in the grip of political upheaval and economic crisis that manifested as interreligious violence and social instability in many parts of the Indonesian archipelago. The Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s in part precipitated this period of instability and violence, with large numbers of workers losing their jobs and the Chinese minority targeted as a scapegoat in some regions. Aside from the economic crisis, other more deeply rooted factors in Indonesia’s history were also contributing influences. The authoritarian oligarchies of Sukarno and General Suharto from 1968 to 1998 continue to have a significant impact on Indonesia’s political culture, though in new, moderated forms (Buehler 2014). The transition to democratic governance is evident in political institutions and the rule of law, but the memories of military dictatorship remain potent for many Indonesians. After General Suharto lost power, Indonesia experienced a period of instability marked by sectarian violence and the rise of radical Muslim groups (Ford and Pepinsky 2014; Pisani 2014; Barton 2001; McGregor 2007). The first direct presidential election was held in 2004, resulting in the election of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who was re-elected in 2009. On 20 October 2014, President Joko Widodo was sworn in, representing a departure from rule by Indonesia’s dynastic elite. In contrast to previous political leaders, Widodo is a provincial businessman who ran a furniture business until his rise to prominence as mayor of Surakarta (Solo) and, subsequently, governor of Jakarta (Lindsey 2014).
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Migrant transnationalism has dominated the Tongan national experience since the 1960s, when the Pacific Islanders’ long history of interisland mobility transformed to become a form of mobility more closely tied to the nation-state and the... more
Migrant transnationalism has dominated the Tongan national experience since the 1960s, when the Pacific Islanders’ long history of interisland mobility transformed to become a form of mobility more closely tied to the nation-state and the pursuit of individual, familial and national survival and prosperity (see Pyke et al. 2012). An important feature of the Tongan diaspora is that it is largely a ‘labour diaspora’ (Pyke et al. 2012, p. 5), with temporary and permanent overseas employment opportunities being the predominant drivers of migration (Pyke et al. 2012). However, kinship ties are also important in this diaspora, and they are maintained via the financial ties of remittances sent home by permanent and temporary Tongan migrants (see Lee 2007).
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In this chapter we focus on the themes that emerged from our interviews with mobile communities about their experiences after arrival in Australia, particularly processes of reception and inclusion. The findings are initially discussed... more
In this chapter we focus on the themes that emerged from our interviews with mobile communities about their experiences after arrival in Australia, particularly processes of reception and inclusion. The findings are initially discussed within each of the case studies. The chapter concludes with an overview that identifies common themes and contrasts between the groups.
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In this chapter we use data from all four case studies to discuss the processes that drive mobility between Australia and the case study countries, focusing on factors that relate to the search for human security. The findings are... more
In this chapter we use data from all four case studies to discuss the processes that drive mobility between Australia and the case study countries, focusing on factors that relate to the search for human security. The findings are initially presented separately for each case study, and then general themes are drawn together in the conclusion.
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The traditional Polynesian skill of navigating long sea journeys is legendary. From a Polynesian perspective, the precolonial Pacific was a ‘sea of islands’ within which people moved freely and maintained active social links and trading... more
The traditional Polynesian skill of navigating long sea journeys is legendary. From a Polynesian perspective, the precolonial Pacific was a ‘sea of islands’ within which people moved freely and maintained active social links and trading networks (Lee 2009, citing Hau’ofa 1993a). In effect, the ocean served to connect, rather than divide, the region’s inhabitants. The Samoan word malaga, which is usually translated as ‘travel’ or ‘movement’, has the connotation of moving back and forth (Lilomaiava-Doktor 2009a) in a manner that is now recognised in migration scholarship as circular migration. Malaga was originally undertaken to fulfil fa’alavelave (obligations) to aiga (kin groups) in order to obtain resources to use as gifts to be presented at births, marriages and funerals (Lilomaiava-Doktor 2009a). While the reasons for international travel among Samoans have expanded, contemporary belief systems still embody explicit cultural understandings of the meaning and purpose of mobility that defy neat legal categorisation as either temporary or permanent. As Lilomaiava-Doktor (2009b, p. 64) explains: ‘For Samoans, migration and circulation are not the disparate processes that such categorisation implies. They are part of the dialectic and a different conception of place.’ This different conception of place conceives of malaga in terms of ‘reciprocal flows, irrespective of purpose or duration’.
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China’s rapid development over the past 30 years has underpinned its emergence not only as a key player in the globalised world but arguably also as the engine room of globalisation in regard to the mobility of goods, services and people.... more
China’s rapid development over the past 30 years has underpinned its emergence not only as a key player in the globalised world but arguably also as the engine room of globalisation in regard to the mobility of goods, services and people. Central to China’s development and globalisation has been the pipeline of Chinese national students exported in the mass tertiary education market. The efficient and effective transformation of student exports into transnational earning actors serves several purposes at home and abroad in relation to family structure, prestige and overcoming gaps in local education provision. International Chinese students provide a direct match for the market needs of western democracies, who increasingly rely on the income provided by international students to make a significant contribution to the funding of universities. While there has seemingly been an alignment between supply and demand in international education, the transformative possibilities for Chinese international students have proven to be rather complicated and precarious across four crucial domains of security.
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In this article, we interrogate three assumptions related to women’s post-release reintegration and success that are prevalent within and across official, institutional and criminological discourses and practice. Our analysis is based on... more
In this article, we interrogate three assumptions related to women’s post-release reintegration and success that are prevalent within and across official, institutional and criminological discourses and practice. Our analysis is based on qualitative interviews conducted with support workers and women about experiences and perceptions of support and success in Victoria, Australia. Ultimately, we contend that the introduction of women-specific policies and support programs in Victoria has had limited impact because they are at core premised upon the same problematic success-related assumptions that have failed to adequately serve mainstream prisoner populations, i.e. men. We issue a broader challenge to criminologists to rethink dominant understandings about post-release reintegration in the interests of facilitating alternative approaches that respond to the structural injustices that define the post-release trajectories of women and men.
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... 3.2 R v Yasso (2002) 130 VIC 243 On 11 September 2002, a Supreme Court jury in Victoria found Mazin Yasso guilty of murdering Eman Hermiz on 8 May 2001. Eman was Mazin's estranged wife - the couple had been separated for a number... more
... 3.2 R v Yasso (2002) 130 VIC 243 On 11 September 2002, a Supreme Court jury in Victoria found Mazin Yasso guilty of murdering Eman Hermiz on 8 May 2001. Eman was Mazin's estranged wife - the couple had been separated for a number of months prior to Eman's death. ...
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The adequacy of police responses to intimate partner violence has long animated scholarly debate, review and legislative change. While there have been significant shifts in community recognition of and concern about intimate partner... more
The adequacy of police responses to intimate partner violence has long animated scholarly debate, review and legislative change. While there have been significant shifts in community recognition of and concern about intimate partner violence, particularly in the wake of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, it nonetheless remains a significant form of violence and harm across Australian communities and a key issue for police, as noted in the report and recommendations of the Royal Commission. This article draws on findings from semi-structured interviews (n ¼ 163) with police in Victoria and pursues two key interrelated arguments. The first is that police attitudes towards incidents of intimate partner violence remain overwhelmingly negative. Despite innovations in policy and training, we suggest that this consistent dissatisfaction with intimate partner violence incidents as a policing task indicates a significant barrier, possibly insurmountable, to attempts to reform the policing of intimate partner violence via force-wide initiatives and the mobilisation of general duties for this purpose. Consequently, our second argument is that specialisation via a commitment to dedicated intimate partner violence units – implemented more consistently and comprehensively than Victoria Police has to date – extends the greatest promise for effective policing of intimate partner violence in the future.