Criminalising Coercive Control : Family Violence and the Criminal Law
2020 ed.
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ISBN-10
9811506523
ISBN-13
9789811506529
Edition
2020 ed.
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore
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Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 29th, 2020
Print length
260 Pages
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This book considers whether coercive control (particularly non-physical forms of family violence) should be prohibited by the criminal law.
This book considers whether coercive control (particularly non-physical forms of family violence) should be prohibited by the criminal law. Based on the premise that traditional understandings of family violence are severely limited, it considers whether the core of family violence is power-based controlling or coercive behavior: attempts by men to psychologically dominate their partners. Such behavior can cause significant psychological, physical and economic harms to victims and is increasingly recognized as a form of human rights abuse.
The book considers the new offences that have been introduced in England and Wales (controlling or coercive behavior), Ireland (controlling behavior) and Scotland (domestic abuse). It invites consideration of three key questions: Do conventional criminal laws adequately regulate non-physical abuse? Is the criminal law an appropriate mechanism for responding to the coercive control of family members? And if a new and distinctive offence is warranted, what is the optimal form of that offence?
This ground-breaking work is essential reading for researchers and practitioners interested in coercive control and the proper role of the criminal law as a mechanism for regulating family violence.
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