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‘Incredibly concerning’: new study highlights policing failures in deaths of Indigenous women by domestic violence

Researcher found clear patterns when she identified how women were killed and how police and the justice system responded

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A “damning” new study of the deaths of more than 150 First Nations women at the hands of their partner or former partner has found patterns of policing failures, with the lead researcher saying most were preventable.

The study by Monash University examined 151 coronial court investigations and inquests of First Nations women and girls who were killed by intimate partner violence over a 20-year period.

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