1st Edition

Coercive Control and the Criminal Law

By Cassandra Wiener Copyright 2023
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

This book considers how a phenomenon as complex as coercive control can be criminalised. The recognition and ensuing criminalisation of coercive control in the UK and Ireland has been the focus of considerable international attention. It has generated complex questions about the "best" way to criminalise domestic abuse. This work reviews recent domestic abuse criminal law reform in the UK and... Read more

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction: Assessing Coercive Control Law Reform

Chapter 1: the Architecture and Prevalence of Coercive Control – Seeing What Is ‘Invisible In Plain Sight’

Chapter 2: Domestic Assaults and Coercive Control

Chapter 3: ‘An Unpleasant, Closed-Off World’ – Domestic Stalking and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997

Chapter 4: From Reluctant Sex to Rape – Domestic Sexual Abuse and the Sexual Offences Act 2003

Chapter 5: the Serious Crime Act 2015, s 76

Chapter 6: the Scottish Approach

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Index

Biography

Cassandra Wiener is a senior lecturer in law at The City Law School, City, University of London. She is an expert in the criminal law on coercive control and advises governments and activists around the world on the doctrinal implications of domestic abuse law reform.