Binding: Paperback
Description: 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 Ireland. In particular it defines coercive control and explains why using traditional criminal law approaches to prosecute it does not work. Laws passed in England and Wales versus Scotland represent two different approaches to translating coercive control into a criminal offence. This volume explains how and why the jurisdictions have taken different approaches and examines the advantages and disadvantages of each. As jurisdictions around the world review what steps need to be taken to improve national criminal justice responses to domestic abuse the question of what works and why at the intersection of domestic abuse and the criminal law has never been more important. As such the book will be a vital resource for lawyers policy - makers and activists with an interest in domestic abuse law reform.
Title: Coercive Control And The Criminal Law
Author(s): Wiener Cassandra (Senior Lecturer The City Law School City University Of London)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032422879
Pages: 204 Pages
Publication Date: 12/30/2022
Category: Health & Personal Development