Coercive Control: Understanding and Experiences in a Post Bill Environment

基于性别的暴力和家庭暴力在地球仪上稳步增加（Mital & Singh，2020年）。自2004/2005年以来，北爱尔兰报告的家庭虐待事件逐年增加。令人担忧的是，与整个西欧相比，它是人均家庭虐待动机杀害妇女率最高的国家之一（PSNI，2022年）。新的《家庭虐待法案》引入了以前被忽视的关于虐待方面的刑事定罪和诉讼措施，如强制控制（司法部，2021年）。然而，很少有人通过跟踪报告的案件数量和/或探索对强制控制的理解来研究这项新法案的执行情况。虽然Lagdon等人（2022年）发现公众对强制控制缺乏理解，但对法定组织和刑事司法当局内部理解的研究有限。考虑到误解可能对民事诉讼产生的影响，这一点很重要，因为强制控制是亲密伴侣杀人的一个风险因素（埃利奥特，2017）。使用混合方法的方法，与妇女援助合作，这个博士将利用半结构化访谈，以提供深入了解胁迫对虐待受害者的影响，同时调查强制控制的法定理解。来自MARAC和PSNI的数据将说明病例之间的区域和人口差异。博士的独创性和意义在于代表性不足的北方爱尔兰妇女的家庭虐待的经验，在冲突后，后法案的实施社会。调查结果将有助于提出建议，系统地重新制定支助规定，并广泛改变文化、社会和法律的规范。

Gender-based violence and violence in the home has increased steadily across the globe (Mital & Singh, 2020). NI has witnessed rising reported domestic abuse incidents year on year since 2004/5. Worringly, it has one of the highest rates of domestic abuse motivated femicide per capita, compared to the entirety of Western Europe (PSNI, 2022). The new Domestic Abuse Bill has introduced previously neglected criminalisation and litigative measures concerning abuse aspects, such as coercive control (DoJ, 2021). However, there is little research into the implementation of this new bill, either by tracking reported case amounts and/or exploring understandings of coercive control. Whilst Lagdon et al. (2022) found that public understanding of coercive control is lacking, there is limited research into understanding within statutory organisations and criminal justice authorities. This is significant given the ramifications miscomprehension may have on civil proceedings, and because coercive control is a risk factor for intimate partner homicide (Elliot, 2017). Using a mixed methods approach, in collaboration with Women's Aid, this PhD will utilise semi-structured interviews to provide insight into the effects coercion has on victims of abuse, alongside investigation into statutory understandings of coercive control. Data from MARAC and the PSNI will inform upon regional and demographic disparities between cases. The PhD's originality and significance lies in the underrepresented Northern Irish women's experiences of domestic abuse, in a post-conflict, post-Bill implementation society. The findings will contribute to recommendations for a systemic reworking of support provision and a broad change to cultural, social and legal norms.