Violence and Assault Research Centres

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Purpose of the Injury Prevention Research Centre Report:

This information has been compiled as a starting point for people attempting to locate research or researchers who have completed work in injury prevention or related fields. This is by no means a full and exhaustive list of research centres and it does not include Canada, USA, South America, Africa and Asia. This report is not intended to recommend any particular research unit or imply that it is being endorsed by the New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy. The information is current as at June 2005.

New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Europe

New Zealand

Injury Prevention Research Centre (IPRC), University of Auckland
  • Injury Prevention Research Centre University of Auckland
  • Private Bag 92019
  • Auckland
  • Phone: +64 9 373 7599, extn 84640
  • Fax: +64 9 373 7503
  • Web: www.health.auckland.ac.nz/ipc/
  • Areas of research include: Child abuse, homicide, mental health, partner and domestic violence, sexual abuse, violence against women.
Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU), University of Otago
  • Injury Prevention Research Unit
  • PO Box 913
  • Dunedin
  • Phone: +64 3 479 8342
  • Fax: +64 3 479 8337
  • Email: iprunz@otago.ac.nz
  • Web: www.otago.ac.nz/ipru/
  • Areas of research include: Alcohol related violence, child abuse, homicide, partner and domestic violence, sexual abuse.
Te Awatea Violence Research Centre / New Zealand Family Violence Clearing House
  • Te Awatea Violence Research Centre
  • University of Canterbury
  • Private Bag 4800
  • Christchurch
  • Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext 8443
  • Fax: +64 3 364 2744
  • Email: administrator@vrc.canterbury.ac.nz
  • Web: www.vrc.canterbury.ac.nz
  • Areas of research include: Child and family welfare, domestic and family violence, violence against women, youth, institutional and cultural violence, criminal and forensic violence.
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Australia

Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse
Australian Institute of Criminology
  • Australian Institute of Criminology
  • GPO Box 2944
  • Canberra ACT 2601
  • Web: www.aic.gov.au
Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (ACSSA)
  • Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault
  • Australian Institute of Family Studies
  • 300 Queen Street
  • Melbourne
  • Vic 3000
  • Phone: +61 3 9214 7888
  • Fax: +61 3 9214 7839
  • Email: acssa@aifs.gov.au
  • Web: www.aifs.gov.au/acssa/
Crime Research Centre, University of Western Australia
Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre (DVIRC)
  • Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre
  • 292 Wellington St
  • Collingwood 3066
  • Victoria
  • Phone: +61 3 9486 9866
  • Fax: +61 3 9486 9744
  • Email: dvirc@dvirc.org.au
  • Web: www.dvirc.org.au
Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC)
National Child Protection Clearing House
Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research
School of Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia
  • Research and Education Unit on Gendered Violence
  • School of Social Work and Social Policy
  • University of South Australia
  • St Bernards Road
  • Magill 5072
  • Phone: +61 8 8302 4740
  • Fax: +61 8 8302 4075
  • Email: reugv@unisa.edu.au
  • Web: www.unisa.edu.au/reugv/
  • Areas of research include: Child abuse, homicide, sexual abuse, violence against women.
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United Kingdom

European Violence in Psychiatry Research Group, City University of London
  • City University, London
  • Northampton Square
  • London EC1V 0HB
  • Phone: +44 (0)20 7040 5060
  • Fax: +44 (0)20 7040 5070
  • Web: www.citypsych.com
Home Office Crime Reduction Centre
Social Issues Research Centre
  • Social Issues Research Centre
  • 28 St Clemens
  • Oxford OX4 1AB
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: +44 1865 262255
  • Fax: +44 1865 793137
  • Email: group@sirc.org
  • Web: www.sirc.org
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Europe

European Consumer Safety Association (ECOSA)
  • European Consumer Safety Association
  • Rijswijkstraat 2
  • 1059 GK Amsterdam
  • The Netherlands
  • Phone: +31 20 511 4513
  • Fax: + 31 20 511 4510
  • Email: secretariat@ecosa.org
  • Web: www.ecosa.org
Department of Forensic Pathology, Clinical Forensic Medicine, and Department of Forensic Chemistry
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • University of Aarhus
  • Finsensgade 15
  • DK-8000 Aarhus C
  • Denmark
  • Phone: +45 8612 5677
  • Fax: +45 8612 5995
  • Email: ri@forensic.au.dk
  • Web: www.health.au.dk
Centre for Violence Prevention, Karolinska Institute
  • Centre for Violence Prevention
  • Karolinska Institute
  • Box 23000
  • 104 35 Stockholm
  • Sweden
  • Phone: +46 8 517 705 60
  • Email: info@cvp.se
  • Web: www.cvp.se
  • Areas of research include: Homicide, mental health, sexual abuse.
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