The concept of “coercive control” reframes domestic violence as an attack on human rights and resources rather than an assault.
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New research linking police and healthcare data shows that victims of domestic abuse are detectable before the involvement of the police.
Interventions against intimate partner violence may work better if they target the mechanisms that make empathic women more vulnerable.
Coercive control seeks to disempower victims of domestic abuse on every level. Leaving the family home – and disentangling feelings of care – is a complex process.
Plans have been made for the AI-based program to begin trials before the year ends. But it raises serious questions about the role of police in preventing domestic violence.
The battle against gender-based violence never ends but the work of the women who set up the first refuges in the 1970s deserves wider recognition.
On Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, it’s time to challenge the revictimization of victims of domestic violence by aggressive police action.
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Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Professor Emerita of Violence Against Women Studies, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University of London
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Research Fellow, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Sheffield
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Professor, Criminology, Carleton University
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Doctoral Researcher, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Developmental Psychology, University of Nigeria
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Senior Lecturer, University of Uyo
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Senior research officer and data scientist, Swansea University
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Research Officer and Data Scientist at the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research, Swansea University
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Maîtresse de conférences HDR en psychologie sociale, spécialiste de la violence conjugale/contrôle coercitif, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
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Professeur émérite, sociologue, Rutgers University
