Reeves Ellen, Fitz-Gibbon Kate, Meyer Silke, Walklate Sandra
Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Violence Against Women. 2025 Mar;31(3-4):767-788. doi: 10.1177/10778012231220370. Epub 2023 Dec 17.
Research has long demonstrated that victim-survivors of intimate partner violence face barriers to being believed when they seek help via the legal system and are simultaneously at risk of their abuser weaponizing the legal system against them. This article draws on the experiences of 54 women victim-survivors of coercive control in Australia who had experienced legal systems abuse within criminal and civil protection order systems. Drawing on feminist legal theory, we highlight that the legal system continues to disbelieve women and validate abusers. These experiences hold implications for victim-survivor views on the merits and risks of criminalizing coercive control.
长期以来的研究表明,亲密伴侣暴力的受害者在通过法律系统寻求帮助时,面临着不被信任的障碍,同时还面临施虐者利用法律系统对付他们的风险。本文借鉴了澳大利亚54名遭受强制性控制的女性受害者的经历,她们在刑事和民事保护令系统中遭遇了法律系统的滥用。基于女性主义法律理论,我们强调法律系统仍然不信任女性,并认可施虐者。这些经历对受害者对将强制性控制定为犯罪的利弊和风险的看法产生了影响。