TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - De-criminalising adolescent to parent violence under  s 76 Serious Crime Act 2015 (c.9)
JO  - Journal of criminal law
A1  - Bettinson, Vanessa
A1  - Quinlan, Christina
SP  - 3
EP  - 18
VL  - 84
IS  - 1
N2  - This article questions the appropriateness of including adolescent to parent violence (APV) within the elements of a criminal offence designed to criminalise domestic violence and abuse. The offence, s 76 Serious Crime Act 2015, prohibits controlling and coercive behaviours towards a person personally connected to the defendant. This spans ongoing intimate relationships and a wide range of family relationships. The authors conducted a small-scale research study that looked at practitioners' understandings of APV and found that many cases of APV could satisfy the s 76 offence. The article examines the correlation between the concepts of coercive control and APV, noting that there are significant differences that justify treating adolescent-perpetrators of APV differently to adult-perpetrators of intimate partner coercive control in the criminal law. These factors concern the unique vulnerabilities of both the parent-victim and the adolescent-perpetrator in APV, and human rights law requires the equal protection of both parties on the basis of their vulnerability.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-0183
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022018319879845
ID  - ref1
ER  -