The GLOVE Project: Gender, Local Governance, and Violence Prevention: Making Links between Violence in Private and Public Space
Chief Investigators: Assoc. Professor Carolyn Whitzman
Funded by: ARC Linkage Project grant 2006–2009
Partner Organisation: VicHealth – Victorian Health Promotion Foundation
Internationally, research and public policy aiming to reduce violence in the public and private realms is presently disconnected (Moser 2008, Whitzman 2008, Johnson 2007). The "Gender, Local Governance and Violence Prevention" (GLOVE) research project was a three year Australian Research Council Linkage Project (July 2006-June 2009) between the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth). The project had two aims. First, it was intended to explore the continuing divide in research and public policy between violence prevention in the public and private realms. Second, it was intended to help develop local government policy that can take an integrated approach to violence prevention in both public and private space, acknowledging gender differences in the experience of violence and utilizing a community-government partnership model. The action research project was based in the state of Victoria, Australia.
When the GLOVE Project was completed at the end of 2009, the Advisory Committee sought a way to ensure that the knowledge resources of the project were preserved and the Victorian Local Governance Association (VLGA) offered to host a website so the project can continue. You can now find out more information about the GLOVE Project on the VLGA website. You can also view a full list of publications and download resources and reports from municipalities involved with the project. For information on the GLOVE Project and its future, please contact Assoc. Professor Carolyn Whitzman or Ms Linda Bennett, Women’s Policy Officer, VLGA.
Resources
Fact Sheets
- Fact Sheet 1: Creating Effective Partnerships to Prevent Violence
- Fact Sheet 2: Getting Local Data about Violence and Prevention
- Fact Sheet 3: Creating Local Policies, Programs and Practices to Prevent Violence
- Fact Sheet 4: Monitoring and Evaluating Violence Prevention
Reports
- Whitzman, C. (2009) GLOVE Final Report: Gender, Local Governance, and Violence Prevention: Making the Links (pdf)
- Hayes, P. (2006) Gender, Local Governance and Violence Prevention
Learning from International Good Practice to Develop a Victorian Model (pdf) - Whitzman, C. and Zhang, R. (2006) Community Safety Indicator Report (pdf)
- Kwok, W.L. (2008) Gender, Local Governance, and Violence Prevention: Innovative Local Governance Work in Victoria, Australia (pdf)
Books
- Whitzman, C. (2008) The Handbook of Community Safety, Gender, and Violence Prevention: practical planning tools (London: Earthscan)
To order within Australia, please email vic@planning.org.au
Refereed Journal Articles
- Castelino, T., and Whitzman, C. (2008) “The Rhetoric and Reality of Family Violence Prevention in Victoria, Australia,” Journal of Family Studies 14(2-3), 310-321
- Whitzman, C. (2008) “Community Safety Indicators: are we measuring what counts?”, Urban Policy and Research, 26(2), pp. 197-211.
Conference Presentations and Articles for Professionals (online links)
- Whitzman, C. (2008), “Planning for Living Well,” Planning News 34(9), 8-9 (pdf)
- Whitzman, C. (2008) “Integrated Violence Prevention, Planning, and Governance: International and Victorian Perspectives”, 3rd National Conference on the State of Australian Cities, Adelaide, published online.
- Whitzman, C. (2007) “Gender, Local Governance, and violence Prevention: making the links between international good practice and Australian policy”, Public Health Bulletin South Australia 4(3), November 2007, pp. 24-26 (pdf)
- (2007) Whitzman, C., “About GLOVE,” Health Promotion Strategies special issue on gender and health promotion 7(3), July 2007, pp. 2-3 (pdf)
- Whitzman, C. and Hayes, T. (2007)“The GLOVE Project: Gender, Local Governance, and Violence Prevention in Victoria Australia”, in Papers from Sixth Annual Colloquium on Crime Prevention ‘Communities in Action for Crime Prevention’, International Centre for the Prevention of Crime/Australian Institute of Criminology (pdf)