RT Article
T1 Gender, risk assessment and coercive control: Contradictions in terms?
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 61
IS 4
SP 887
OP 904
A1 Barlow, Charlotte
A2 Walklate, Sandra 1950-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767098146
AB In December 2015, the criminal offence of coercive control was introduced in England and Wales. Whilst, in this legislation, this concept is presumed to be gender-neutral, there is widespread agreement that coercive control is gendered. Using empirical data gathered in one police force area in the South of England, this paper offers an exploration of the feasibility of the extent to which existing risk assessment practices and understandings of risk embedded within them, can incorporate the phenomenon of coercive control. The findings highlight concerns about gender-blind, incident-led (rather than process-led) approaches to assessing risk when these approaches are set against victim/survivor concerns. These concerns highlight the inherent problems embedded in the contemporary gender-blind embrace of the concept of risk as assumed in practices of risk assessment.
K1 Gender
K1 Risk
K1 Risk assessment
K1 Coercive Control
K1 Time
DO 10.1093/bjc/azaa104