Throughout history, there have been many movements for social reform. ... Kilroy specifically targets women in Australian prisons. ... Because of her involvement with the organization, the recidivism rate in Australian prisons has lowered. ...
In the same way Australian law has used the concept of "terra nullius," the legal myth that Australia had no previous owners. ... The history was much more brutal, with extensive warfare and the extermination of whole tribes. ... The history involves warfare, brutality and manipulation. ...
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, feminist movements in Europe, the United States, Australia (Silard 1994), Argentina (Oller 1994), Brazil (Thomas 1994), India (Bush 1992), the Virgin Islands (Morrow 1994) and many other parts of the world developed strategies to protect women from violence in the home through shelters, support groups for victims, and criminalization of battering. ...