Event Description

What do we know about 'drink spiking'? This presentation shares preliminary findings from two studies of alcohol and other drug-facilitated sexual violence.

The presentation covers:

• The global evidence base on alcohol and other drug-facilitated sexual violence.
• Analysis of media reporting on drink spiking in the last ten years in Australia.
• Emerging evidence from across the service sector on responses to victim-survivors.

This webinar was presented by the AASW ACT Branch.

Presenter

Dr Jessica Ison is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Judith Lumley Centre, La Trobe University. Her scholarship engages with emerging legal and social challenges in regulating sex and sexuality with a particular focus on sexual violence, LGBTIQA+ communities and alcohol and other drugs. Jess is the Coordinator of the La Trobe Violence Against Women Network and the Project Manager for the 'RESPOND: Community action to prevent alcohol and other drug-facilitated sexual violence in the Bendigo region' project.