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TY - JOUR
T1 - Putting Coercive Control into Practice
T2 - Problems and Possibilities
AU - Barlow, Charlotte
AU - Johnson, Kelly
AU - Walklate, Sandra
AU - Humphreys, Leslie
N1 - This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in British Journal of Criminology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Charlotte Barlow, Kelly Johnson, Sandra Walklate, Les Humphreys, Putting Coercive Control into Practice: Problems and Possibilities, The British Journal of Criminology, , azz041, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azz041 is available online at:
PY - 2019/7/22
Y1 - 2019/7/22
N2 - There is growing international interest in translating Stark’s concept of coercive control into criminal justice policy and practice. In December 2015 an offence of coercive control was introduced in England and Wales. This paper offers an empirical investigation of the problems and possibilities associated with the translation of this offence into practice in one police force area in England. The findings offer some scope for optimism in response to patterns of abuse, but they also support the view that the current gender-neutral version of the legislation requires revision; there is a need for greater resourcing and training to improve understandings of the nature and impact of coercive control at all points of contact within the criminal justice process and finally, it remains the case that effective responses to domestic abuse need to be genuinely holistic.
AB - There is growing international interest in translating Stark’s concept of coercive control into criminal justice policy and practice. In December 2015 an offence of coercive control was introduced in England and Wales. This paper offers an empirical investigation of the problems and possibilities associated with the translation of this offence into practice in one police force area in England. The findings offer some scope for optimism in response to patterns of abuse, but they also support the view that the current gender-neutral version of the legislation requires revision; there is a need for greater resourcing and training to improve understandings of the nature and impact of coercive control at all points of contact within the criminal justice process and finally, it remains the case that effective responses to domestic abuse need to be genuinely holistic.
U2 - 10.1093/bjc/azz041
DO - 10.1093/bjc/azz041
M3 - Journal article
JO - British Journal of Criminology
JF - British Journal of Criminology
SN - 0007-0955
ER -