The link between terrorism and DV could be key to preventing homicide
Key takeaways
- The perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney Lindt Café siege had been charged with organising the murder of his ex-wife and had a documented history of violence against other women.
- The Fixated Grievance Perpetrator Intervention Pilot brings together experts in forensic psychology and psychiatry, criminology, policing, perpetrator intervention and victim support.
- With $21.8 million funding from the federal government, the pilot will be rolled out in two different states and evaluated by the Australian Institute of Criminology.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
The perpetrator of the 2014 Sydney Lindt Café siege had been charged with organising the murder of his ex-wife and had a documented history of violence against other women. (Getty Images: Joosep Martinson)
Link copied Share Share article When you go looking for them, the similarities between lone-actor terrorism, mass shootings and intimate partner homicides are chillingly obvious. Many attacks are carefully planned in advance. The majority are perpetrated by men. And a significant proportion of perpetrators have documented histories of violence against women.
But researchers are increasingly homing in on another common thread: some of the perpetrators of these seemingly disparate acts of violence are motivated by grievances — they are preoccupied with a sense of injustice, loss or injury. They feel like victims.