Responding to coercive control in criminal justice domestic violence perpetrator programmes in England and Wales: Conceptual, operational, and methodological complexities

Evaluations of domestic violence perpetrator programmes have not produced evidence that they are as effective at reducing male, non-violent, coercively controlling behaviours. This article proposes such limitations are understood by adopting a more complex conceptualisation of coercive control for w...

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Main Author: Renehan, Nicole (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Probation journal
Year: 2023, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 242-260
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Keywords:
Evaluation
Methods
cognitive behavioural therapy
Emotions
Gender
domestic violence perpetrator programmes
Building Better Relationships
Domestic abuse
Coercive Control
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Summary:Evaluations of domestic violence perpetrator programmes have not produced evidence that they are as effective at reducing male, non-violent, coercively controlling behaviours. This article proposes such limitations are understood by adopting a more complex conceptualisation of coercive control for which the reasons are both gendered and biographically unique. Drawing on document analyses and in-depth interviews with eight programme facilitators and an in-depth case study of one male participant, this article explores the merits and limitations of the cognitive behavioural, skills-based criminal justice programme, Building Better Relationships, in addressing coercively controlling behaviours. The dual (re)conceptualisation of coercive control proposed has implications for both practice and programme evaluation methods.
ISSN:1741-3079
DOI:10.1177/02645505221141952