TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Is more law the answer? Seeking justice for victims of intimate partner violence through the reform of legal categories
JO  - Criminology and criminal justice
A1  - Walklate, Sandra
A1  - Fitz-Gibbon, Kate
A1  - McCulloch, Jude
SP  - 115
EP  - 131
VL  - 18
IS  - 1
N2  - In 2015 in England and Wales a new offence of controlling or coercive behaviour was introduced with the aim of improving legal responses to intimate partner violence. Recognizing the historical limits of legal interventions in this area, this article examines the efficacy of coercive control as a conceptual device for improving access to law and justice outcomes for women victims. To do so, it considers the problems and possibilities of translating a concept generated from clinical practice into legal practice alongside an exploration of the potential unintended consequences of this new offence. The gendered analysis undertaken here reveals the limitations of framing women's experiences as 'coercive control' in law and concludes that, in the case of coercive control, more law is not the answer to improving responses to intimate partner violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1748-8958
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1748895817728561
ID  - ref1
ER  -