Coercive Control in Children's and Mothers' Lives

Coercive control is a severe form of domestic violence that affects millions of children worldwide. This book sheds light on the impacts of coercive control on children, how it is perpetrators who must be held accountable, and how resistance by children and mothers occurs. It provides a child-centered perspective to revolutionize our understanding of how children are affected by coercive control-based domestic violence.

Format: Hardback
Length: 408 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

Coercive control is a grave form of domestic violence that affects millions of children worldwide. It involves a perpetrator employing various tactics to intimidate, humiliate, demean, exploit, isolate, and exert control over a partner or family member. While some coercive control perpetrators resort to violence, others do not. This groundbreaking book, based on interviews with children and mothers who have encountered coercive control-based domestic violence, sheds light on the profound impacts of coercive control on children. It emphasizes that perpetrators must be held accountable for these impacts, and resistance by children and mothers occurs not only in response to incidents of violence but also in everyday life. Breaking free from coercive control is a challenging and ongoing struggle for safety and recovery, requiring support and professional interventions tailored to the unique needs of child and adult survivors. Written in a accessible manner for students, researchers, practitioners, survivors of domestic violence, and anyone with a general interest in this topic, the book offers a child-centered perspective to revolutionize our understanding of how children are affected by coercive control-based domestic violence.

Weight: 716g
Dimension: 242 x 164 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780190922214