This book offers a critical appreciation of the nature and impact of coercive control in interpersonal relationships.

Autorentext

Charlotte Barlow is a Reader in Criminal Justice and Policing at UCLAN. She has led various research projects in the field of domestic abuse, including police responses to coercive control, responding to domestic abuse in rural communities, and victim-survivor experiences of Clare's Law/ Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes.

Sandra Walklate is Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool, UK, conjoint Chair of Criminology, Monash University, Australia. Internationally recognized for her work in victimology, gender and violence, she is currently President of the British Society of Criminology.

Inhalt

1. What is 'coercive control'? 2. Coercion into crime: the role of coercive control 3. Coercive control and victimization 4. Criminalizing coercive control 5. Coercive control, the man of law, and the role of the state 6. Concluding thoughts: coercive control, victim-survivors, and the policy process