‘A genuine one usually sticks out a mile’: policing coercive control in England and Wales

In 2015, legislation was enacted in England and Wales to criminalise coercive control. While there has been considerable debate on the merits of the law, there has been little empirical study of its use in practice. This paper presents findings from a focused ethnography conducted in two police forc...

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Main Author: Myhill, Andy (Author)
Contributors: Johnson, Kelly ; McNeill, Abigail ; Critchfield, Emily ; Westmarland, Nicole
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Policing and society
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 398-413
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Coercive Control
Domestic abuse
Police