Criminalising Coercive Control: Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse...

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Vanessa Bettinson (De Montfort University, UK) Ronagh McQuigg (Ronagh McQuigg is a Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast.)

Criminalising Coercive Control

Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse Offence

Vanessa Bettinson (De Montfort University, UK), Ronagh McQuigg (Ronagh McQuigg is a Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast.)

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English

Routledge
19 December 2024

Social work; Crime & criminology; Social, group or collective psychology; Sentencing & punishment; Medicine

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

Drawing on experiences from other jurisdictions within the UK, Criminalising Coercive Control explores the challenges and potential successes which may be faced in implementing Northern Ireland’s new domestic abuse offence.

A specific offence of domestic abuse was introduced in Northern Ireland in March 2021. This represents a crucial development in Northern Ireland’s response to domestic abuse. The new legislation has the effect of criminalising coercive and controlling behaviour, thereby bringing Northern Ireland into line with other jurisdictions within the UK, and also with relevant human rights standards in this regard. The book begins with a discussion regarding the offence itself and the underpinning domestic abuse policy in Northern Ireland. Subsequent chapters explore further measures which may be needed to respond effectively to domestic abuse in Northern Ireland, by drawing upon the experiences of other jurisdictions of criminalising coercive control. These reflections are considered through the lenses of policing, prosecutorial practice and frontline domestic abuse working.

Criminalising Coercive Control will be of great interest to students and scholars in a variety of fields, such as criminal law, criminology, social policy, human rights, family law, gender studies and sociology. The book is also accessible beyond academia, including practitioners and those in the voluntary sector who are working in the area of combating domestic abuse.

Edited by: Vanessa Bettinson (De Montfort University UK), Ronagh McQuigg (Ronagh McQuigg is a Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast.)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781032384887
ISBN 10: 1032384883
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Pages: 114
Publication Date: 19 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Vanessa Bettinson is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. She researches coercive control in criminal law and is particularly interested in the creation and implementation of coercive control offences and embedding coercive control understandings within defence frameworks. Ronagh McQuigg is a reader in the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK. She holds an LLB with First Class Honours, an LLM with Distinction and a PhD, and she is a qualified solicitor. Her research interests focus in particular on domestic abuse, and she teaches in the areas of family law and property law.