RT Article
T1 Responding to coercive control in criminal justice domestic violence perpetrator programmes in England and Wales: Conceptual, operational, and methodological complexities
JF Probation journal
VO 70
IS 3
SP 242
OP 260
A1 Renehan, Nicole
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1862623244
AB 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.
K1 Evaluation
K1 Methods
K1 cognitive behavioural therapy
K1 Emotions
K1 Gender
K1 domestic violence perpetrator programmes
K1 Building Better Relationships
K1 Domestic abuse
K1 Coercive Control
DO 10.1177/02645505221141952