Should psychological abuse or ‘coercive control’ in intimate relationships be made a crime
As we discussed at Friday’s session, some women’s groups want psychological abuse in relationships to be made a crime. See the BBC story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26444731 This reflects the Home Office’s adoption of ‘coercive control’ into its definition of domestic violence in 2013. See: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/142701/guide-on-definition-of-dv.pdf
Is it important to include coercive control in definitions of domestic violence and/or what problems or misunderstandings may arise when we try to do this? And should psychological abuse be made a crime? Do draw on reading from Week 6 regarding the nature and impacts of domestic violence, but also reading from Week 7 regarding how we measure domestic violence and differentiate between individual acts and systematic patterns of behaviour.
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