“Has It Really Changed, or Does It Just Look Different?”: The State's Administration of Domestic and Family Violence Service Delivery in Australia as Contiguous Colonial Violence
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article examines how Australia's approach to domestic and family violence (DFV) social service delivery impacts First Nations community-controlled DFV services and theorizes how administrative techniques used by the state in this context can be considered a form of state violence. Analyzing data from a multi-stage qualitative study involving 22 interviews alongside analysis of 98 DFV-related intimate partner homicides involving First Nations women, this article argues that the state's approach to funding and managing DFV service delivery sustains a contiguous colonial logic that threatens and undermines the strength and resilience of community-controlled service delivery and, as a consequence, harms First Nations women.
Source: Violence Against Women
Author: Emma Buxton-Namisnyk
Institutions: UNSW Sydney, University of Oxford
Language: English
Subfield: Health
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,650
OpenAlex ID: W7127433470