RT Article
T1 CALD Communities as “Collateral Damage” in the Criminalization of Coercive Control: An Argument for Prioritizing Civil System Reform Over Further Criminalization in Victoria
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 2
SP 598
OP 616
A1 Jones, Balawyn
A2 Anyieth, Akuch Kuol
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1915299632
AB When posing the question of whether Victoria should follow other Australian states in criminalizing coercive control as a form of domestic and family violence (DFV), there are many arguments in favor of and against in the literature. However, scholars and advocates from marginalized communities, or in allyship with marginalized communities, tend to be cautious of embracing further criminalization, particularly due to the risks such an approach poses for women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. This paper argues that women from marginalized communities are treated as “collateral damage” in the campaign to eliminate DFV via criminal law interventions.
K1 marginalized communities
K1 Criminalization
K1 Law reform
K1 Coercive Control
K1 Domestic and family violence
DO 10.1177/10778012231214775