A senior Victorian police commander has been slammed for suggesting Courtney Herron's death is a reflection on all men.

The 25-year-old woman is now the fourth woman to have been killed and dumped in a public place in Melbourne in less than a year.

Victoria's assistant police commissioner Luke Cornelius responded to her death by suggesting it was a reflection on male behaviour.

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A senior Victorian police commander has been slammed for suggesting the death of Courtney Herron (pictured) is a reflection on all men

'Certainly there have been instances in our recent past where women have been attacked and they have been attacked by men,' he told reporters this week.

'The key point is this is about men's behaviour, it's not about women's behaviour.'

Women killed in Melbourne in one year Courtney Herron - the 25-year-old woman was found dead at Parkville on May 25, 2019 Natalina Angok - the 32-year-woman from Geelong was found dead in Melbourne's Chinatown on April 24, 2019 Aiia Maasarwe - the 21-year-old Palestinian woman from Israel was studying in Australia when she was found dead at Bundoora on January 19, 2019 Eurydice Dixon - aspiring comedienne found dead at North Carlton on June 13, 2018 after walking through Princes Park Advertisement

A 27-year-old homeless man, Henry Hammond, has been charged with bludgeoning Ms Herron to death after leaving a party with her.

Her body was found on Saturday morning behind logs at Royal Park in inner-city Parkville near Melbourne Zoo.

Her death occurred a year after aspiring comedienne Eurydice Dixon was found dead at Princes Park in neighbouring Carlton North, in Melbourne's inner-north.

Since then, Israeli international student Aiia Maasarwe, 21, and Natalina Angok, a 32-year-old Geelong resident, were killed and dumped in public places in Melbourne.

Sydney radio 2GB broadcaster Ben Fordham said the Victorian assistant police commissioner's comments had appeared to blame all men.

'He didn't say it's this man or that man, when you talk about men who are responsible, or alleged to have been responsible for these heinous crimes, it's about all men,' he said on Tuesday.

A 27-year-old homeless man, Henry Hammond, has been charged with bludgeoning Ms Herron to death

Victoria's assistant police commissioner Luke Cornelius responded to Ms Herron's death by suggesting it was a reflection on male behaviour

Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham, who is now a One Nation upper house MP in New South Wales, agreed.

'Well, you've only got to state the position to understand how silly it is,' he said.

'It's not about all men, it's about one man allegedly who has done something horrific.'

In June last year, Victoria's Labor Premier Daniel Andrews tweeted that men needed to change their behavior in the wake of Ms Dixon's death.

'So our message to Victorian women is this: Stay home. Or don't. Go out with friends at night. Or don't. Go about your day exactly as you intend, on your terms,' he said.

'Because women don't need to change their behaviour. Men do.'