RT Article
T1 Is more law the answer? Seeking justice for victims of intimate partner violence through the reform of legal categories
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 18
IS 1
SP 115
OP 131
A1 Walklate, Sandra 1950-
A1 Fitz-Gibbon, Kate
A1 McCulloch, Jude 1958-
A2 Fitz-Gibbon, Kate
A2 McCulloch, Jude 1958-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1741295793
AB In 2015 in England and Wales a new offence of controlling or coercive behaviour was introduced with the aim of improving legal responses to intimate partner violence. Recognizing the historical limits of legal interventions in this area, this article examines the efficacy of coercive control as a conceptual device for improving access to law and justice outcomes for women victims. To do so, it considers the problems and possibilities of translating a concept generated from clinical practice into legal practice alongside an exploration of the potential unintended consequences of this new offence. The gendered analysis undertaken here reveals the limitations of framing women’s experiences as ‘coercive control’ in law and concludes that, in the case of coercive control, more law is not the answer to improving responses to intimate partner violence.
K1 Coercive control
K1 Criminal law
K1 Criminal offences
K1 Intimate partner violence
K1 Violence against women
DO 10.1177/1748895817728561