Joe Hildebrand has explained the reasons for his fired-up comments about placing the responsibility of women's safety on all men.

On Monday a discussion took place on Studio 10 about the death of 25-year-old Melbourne woman Courtney Herron, who was allegedly killed by Henry Hammond. Hildebrand, who is the only male in the regular line-up — which includes Sarah Harris, Denise Drysdale, Denise Scott, Angela Bishop and Kerri-Anne Kennerley — took issue with Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius' comment that "violence against women is absolutely about men's behaviour".

Courtney Herron was allegedly murdered by Henry Hammond. (AAP)

"I thought it was a really nonsensical thing to say," Hildebrand said when Harris asked for his opinion. "We know violence against women is a problem. I don't see how me reflecting on myself is going to stop women being bashed or murdered."

As Herron was the fourth woman to be found dead in a public place in Melbourne in 12 months, Hildebrand suggested "maybe it's a Victoria Police problem. Maybe we should say, 'What is it about Victorians that makes them want to kill people?'" He also mentioned homelessness and drug use as other things police should be more concerned about.

Things went up a notch on Tuesday when Hildebrand got into a heated debate with former politician and anti-violence campaigner Phil Cleary, whose sister was killed in a 1987 domestic violence attack, about the same subject.

Joe Hildebrand has a heated discussion with Phil Cleary. (Network 10)

"I know you've had a discussion yesterday," said Cleary. "This is not a discussion about homelessness, even if that's a feature about this particular death. It's about a man allegedly killing a woman in the context of more than 60 murders a year of women."

"So, Phil, what do you think are the answers? We've had national campaigns, we've talked about showing respect to women," responded Hildebrand. "My concern is that this message is being sent out there but the people who are doing these things, committing these crimes, simply aren't receptive to it. They're not the sort of people who respond to government campaigns."

Hildebrand doubled down on his argument — that not all men should be held accountable for the violent actions of a few — in his column for news.com.au today.

"There is no doubt that men are more violent than women. There is no doubt that they commit more homicides and more assaults. The vast majority of murderers are men, as are the vast majority of prison inmates," he wrote. "However, that does not mean that all or even most men are violent or potentially deadly, nor that murder or violence is inherently caused by masculinity."

Later in the piece, after summarising the tragic deaths of Jill Meagher, Eurydice Dixon, Aiia Maasarwe and Herron, and their alleged killers, he asked, "Which of these men do police imagine would have taken heed of their message of 'reflection'? Which of them do police imagine would have abandoned their murderous plans if another man had told them they should show more respect to women?"

To further prove his case he said that not all mothers are asked to "reflect on their respect for their children" whenever it's reported a mother has murdered their child, and terrorism attacks are "in no way reflective of the Muslim community as a whole."

Hildebrand's comments drew ire on social media.

"how can Joe Hildebrand claim violent men are so rare when women who have been victims of violence, and victims of men's violence in particular, are so many?" asked Twitter user Amy McQuire. "How does that make sense? Joe needs to be taken off air. he is a disgrace."

"Yup completely irresponsible - and then again whips up an op-ed to make same claims. Watching the clip he appears more offended at being called out for his comments than the actual numbers of women suffering abuse at the hands of men," responded Chelsea Bond.

"How can Joe Hildebrand prioritise his hurt feelings when a woman has been killed? Women are being killed. KILLED. By men," wrote Brittney Rigby.

And a tweet from Brad Esposito was more succinct: "joe hildebrand retire b---h."

A social media reaction to Joe Hildebrand's comments. (Twitter)

This is not the first time Hildebrand's strong stance on a violence-related issue has landed him in hot water. A few years ago, during an exchange with Rosie Batty, whose son Luke was murdered by his father, Hildebrand argued that there was no excuse for not reporting child abuse and that family violence victims should be able to leave their abusive partners.

Ms Batty called his views "so, so misguided".

Hildebrand later apologised for his comments. "I have said and will happily say again that I'm terribly sorry to cause [Ms Batty] any distress. God knows she's suffered enough," he said.