Learning Lessons from the Criminalisation of Coercive and Controlling Behaviour Ten Years On: The Implementation Journey in England and Wales
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University of Central Lancashire
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University of Liverpool United Kingdom
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to explore the problems and possibilities of implementing the criminalisation of coercive and controlling behaviour (CCB). It summarises key findings from three research studies conducted over a 10-year period, in partnership with three different police forces in England and Wales, since the criminalisation of CCB in December 2015. In presenting these findings collectively, it is possible to discern some of the longer-term requirements necessary for the effective implementation of CCB legislation. In so doing, the implications for jurisdictions about to embark, or considering embarking, on this implementation journey are also highlighted.
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Author Biographies
Dr Charlotte Barlow is a Reader in Criminal Justice and Policing at the University of Central Lancashire, where she is a member of the Connect Centre for Research on Violence & Harm. She is elected Vice President of the British Society of Criminology. Charlotte researches gender-based violence, in particular domestic abuse. Her work focusses on policing, criminal justice and legal responses. Recent externally funded projects have explored domestic violence disclosure schemes/ Clare’s Law, coercive control and court systems and domestic abuse.
Professor Sandra Walklate (B.A.; M.Litt., FAcSS) is currently Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology (University of Liverpool), an adjunct professor at QUT in Brisbane, a Research Associate at the University of West Virginia Center for Violence Research and a member of the Advisory Board of the Observatory Permanent Violence and Crime (OPVC), Portugal. Internationally recognised for her work in victimology and violence against women her recent work includes The criminalization of violence against women 2024 (edited with H. Douglas, K. Fitz-Gibbon and L. Goodmark) Oxford University Press and What is to be done about violence against women? Gendered Violence(s) in the 21st Century 2023 (with Kate Fitz-Gibbon) London: Routledge.