'It's a work in progress': men's accounts of gender and change in their use of coercive control
'It's a work in progress': men's accounts of gender and change in their use of coercive control
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DOI：
10.1332/239868019x15627570242850
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发表时间：
2019-10-01
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1.5
通讯作者：
Westmarland, Nicole
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作者：
Downes, Julia;Kelly, Liz;Westmarland, Nicole
在过去的十年里，“强制控制”的理论框架越来越多地得到应用和批评，现在成为刑事犯罪的基础。虽然许多人认为，它更准确地反映了被剥夺自由的经历，但很少有人通过犯罪者的叙述探索强制控制。通过两个阶段的采访，64名男子参加英国家庭暴力施暴者计划，我们研究如何以及为什么男人使用胁迫策略，以及如何解开性别规范，使一些男人认识到，并减少他们使用的胁迫控制。我们认为，强制控制是更动态的，可持续的和开放的变化比以前的研究表明。一些男子确实设法采取措施，不再投资于传统的男性规范，并减少使用胁迫手段。然而，这是一个不平衡和矛盾的过程，需要时间-包括痛苦地认识到损失和伤害，同时发现放弃限制性性别规范的好处。了解男子如何以及为何投资于或废除作为强制控制基础的性别规范，对理论和实践，特别是对家庭暴力肇事者工作的内容和重点，具有重要意义。
Over the past ten years the theoretical framework of 'coercive control' has been increasingly applied, critiqued and now underpins a criminal offence. While many argue that it more accurately reflects experiences of victimisation, there has been little exploration of coercive control through the accounts of perpetrators. Through two phased interviews with 64 men attending UK Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes, we examine how and why men use coercive tactics and how unpicking gender norms enabled some men to recognise and reduce their use of coercive control. We argue that coercive control is more dynamic, contestable and open to change than previous research has suggested. Some men did manage to take steps away from investing in traditional masculine norms and reduce their use of coercive tactics. However, this was an uneven and contradictory process which took time - involving painful realisations of loss and harm alongside a discovery of the benefits associated with letting go of restrictive gender norms. Understanding how and why men invest in or dismantle gender norms that underpin coercive control has important implications for theory and for practice, particularly the content and focus of work with domestic violence perpetrators.