Stark Evan, Hester Marianne
1 Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.
2 University of Bristol, UK.
Violence Against Women. 2019 Jan;25(1):81-104. doi: 10.1177/1077801218816191.
This article reviews the background, introduction, and critical response to new criminal offenses of coercive control in England/Wales and Scotland. How the new Scottish offense is implemented will determine whether it can overcome the shortcomings of the English law. We then review new evidence on four dimensions of coercive control: the relationship between "control" and "violence," coercive control in same-sex couples, measuring coercive control, and children's experience of coercive control. Coercive control is not a type of violence. Indeed, level of control predicts a range of negative outcomes heretofore associated with physical abuse, including post-separation violence and sexual assault; important differences in coercive control dynamics distinguish male homosexual from lesbian couples; measuring coercive control requires innovative ways of aggregating and categorizing data; and how children experience coercive control is a problem area that offers enormous promise for the years ahead.
本文回顾了英格兰/威尔士和苏格兰针对强制控制新刑事犯罪的背景、介绍及批判性回应。新的苏格兰犯罪如何实施将决定它能否克服英国法律的缺陷。然后，我们审视了关于强制控制四个维度的新证据：“控制”与“暴力”之间的关系、同性伴侣中的强制控制、衡量强制控制以及儿童对强制控制的体验。强制控制并非一种暴力形式。事实上，控制程度预示着一系列此前与身体虐待相关的负面后果，包括分居后暴力和性侵犯；强制控制动态中的重要差异区分了男同性恋伴侣和女同性恋伴侣；衡量强制控制需要创新的数据汇总和分类方法；儿童如何体验强制控制是一个在未来数年充满巨大前景的问题领域。
