RT Article
T1 The Role of Control in Intimate Partner Violence: A Study in Dutch Forensic Outpatients
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 36
IS 7/8
SP 3400
OP 3410
A1 Verschuere, Bruno
A2 van Horn, Joan
A2 Buitelaar, Nannet
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1751682730
AB Johnson argued that coercive control is crucial in explaining heterogeneity in intimate partner violence, with such violence being more frequent, less reciprocal, and more often male-to-female aggression when it serves to exercise control over the partner. We assessed 280 Dutch forensic outpatients who had recently engaged in intimate partner violence on nonaggressive coercive control. Control showed significant, small to moderate, associations with more frequent past year acts of psychological aggression, physical assault, and sexual coercion and more frequently resulted in partner injury. Control was unrelated to reciprocity of partner violence. High controlling violence was enacted mostly, but not exclusively by men. Overall, while perhaps not having a uniquely strong association, our findings provide partial support for the role of coercive control in intimate partner violence and suggest it may benefit intimate partner violence risk assessment.
K1 common couple violence
K1 intimate terrorism
K1 Coercive Control
K1 Aggression
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
DO 10.1177/0886260518775152