Building on the research you have done for your A2, you are now going to go one step further: to build and demonstrate a deeper understanding of the topic you are focusing on; presenting the key issues (in terms of its impacts) and making subsequent recomendations for how NSW could be working towards addressing this issue better (via policies, updates to services, challenging norms, etc.). To do this you are going to have to narrow your focus and choose a specific area/ issue within the topic you are workin in. This will require RESEARCH. If your focus is too broad, you won't be able to develop a clear and/or detailed argument.

You are to prepare a 1200-word report in which you develop one to three recommendation/s for reducing family violence. In order to make these recommendations, you must first critically evaluate relevant policies and/or practices.

The purpose of this evaluation is to identify issue/s or gap/s in the state, territory or federal government response to family violence to which your recommendation/s will respond. Recommendations may include making suggestions for development of current policies or practices or for new and innovative, policies, programs, tools or services.

Steps to take in completing your report:

1. Review the relevant domestic violence literature and decide what aspect of the state, territory or federal government response to family violence you will examine in your report. It is important that your focus is narrow to the specific issue identified and that you examine either the state, territory or national response as you only have 1200 words to write your report.

2. Once you have narrowed your focus, read more widely on the area of policy or practice you have decided to examine for your report. Be sure to review the most recent literature so that you can assess the current situation in relation to the topic.

3. Next, critically evaluate relevant policies and/or practices about which you have read, with the view of identifying gap/s or issue/s in the government response. Evaluate these policies or practices within a critical context for understanding family violence and consider, in consultation with the unit readings, such elements as gender, the nature of family violence and the social structures and cultural attitudes that underpin it. Use the literature to demonstrate that the gap/s or issue/s exist.

4. Come up with one to three recommendation/s for change or improvement at the state, territory or national level. Your recommendation/s must respond to findings from the critical evaluation and may include making suggestions for development of current policies or practices or for new and innovative laws, policies, programs, tools or services to prvent family violence.

1. recommendation is a judge should make visitation and custody discussions based on the goal of supporting and fostering a child's happiness in mental health, emotional development, and security into young adulthood.

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5. Develop a set of arguments for why your recommendation/s is/are the best way forward for addressing the gap/s or issue/s highlighted in your report.

To do this, think about the following questions:

•       How does my recommendation address the gap or issue highlighted in my report?  What evidence do I have to show that this recommendation is the best way to address this gap or issue?

•       How does my recommendation differ from or add to any laws, policies, programs, tools or services which currently exist in relation to domestic homicide?

•       Are there any local, state, national or international examples of my recommendation that show its strengths or weaknesses?

•       Will the current social or political climate impact my recommendation (eg. funding)? Will the relationship between federal and state powers impact my recommendation in practice?

6. Support your report with evidence from a wide range of relevant academic research and primary sources. These sources must consist of your unit readings, including essential readings, listed below, and may also include:

Use headings and sub-headings that reflect the contents of each section. Title Page: Report title, student name and name of organisation (optional).

Executive Summary: The executive summary is a snapshot of the contents of the report. It should be no longer than one paragraph. In the opening sentences, introduce your topic. Next, briefly discuss the findings from your critical evaluation of relevant laws, policies or practices (that is the gap/s or issue/s you identified during your critical evaluation).

Recommendation/s: List recommendation/s. A minimum of one recommendation is required. You may make up to three recommendations. Recommendations should be numbered, and you should write no more than two sentences per recommendation.

Introduction:
- Introduce your topic, ie. prevalence of the issue, who is impacted and how, etc. - Briefly outline the report’s structure.

Body:
- Critically review relevant laws, policies or practices. Remember to keep your focus narrow and to examine either the state, territory or national response as you only have 1,200 words to write your report. Use the research to demonstrate the gap/s or issue/s that exist in relation to these laws, policies or practices, who is impacted, and why this area of law, policy or practice requires change.
- List your recommendations.
- Provide evidence to show how your recommendation/s will help to address the identified gap/s or issue/s and why they are the best way forward.

Conclusion: Outline the major inferences that can be drawn from the discussion. References: List of references cited in your A3 report.

Appendix/Appendices: A list of any attached information that supports your recommendations and analysis (eg. tables of statistics, personal stories, etc). This section is optional.

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