Filicide: Hope for the future

Filicide: Hope for the future Research shows that health and welfare services are key in preventing filicide. Thea Brown, Professor Emeritus at Monash University, highlights the need for improved training and education on this issue. A new research study (Hateley, 2024) has argued that reports of filicide deaths evoke a dispirited response from the community and that experts’ and media’s responses omit any discussion of prevention and imply it is impossible. However, research has shown some successful preventive policies and strategies, but it is correct to say that we do not highlight and communicate these. Consequently, this article focuses on prevention and what research suggests preventive policies and strategies can and should be.