RT Article
T1 Effects of Historical Coercive Control, Historical Violence, and Lawyer Representation on Post-Separation Male Partner Violence Against Mother Litigants Who Participated in Adversarial Family Court Proceedings
JF Violence against women
VO 27
IS 9
SP 1191
OP 1210
A1 Ellis, Desmond
A2 Lewis, Tanice
A2 Nepon, Taryn
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1759095001
AB The primary objective of this study was to test the effects of historical male partner violence and lawyer representation on post-separation male partner violence and coercive control against mother litigants participating in adversarial family court proceedings. Toward this end, staff at two women’s shelters administered a questionnaire to 40 former residents who met the sample selection criteria. Two findings are noteworthy. First, there was a decrease in mother litigant reports of post-separation physical violence requiring a visit to a hospital. Second, post-separation male partner coercive control “most/some of the time” was reported by 97.5% of all 40 separated mother litigants who also reported experiencing historical coercive control by their male partners. Recommendations and limitations are described in the final two pages.
K1 adversarial family court proceedings
K1 post-separation coercive control
K1 post-separation violence
K1 historical coercive control
K1 historical violence
K1 separation/divorce
DO 10.1177/1077801220921939