@article{ref1,
title="Power and control in the legal system: from marriage/relationship to divorce and custody",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2013",
author="Watson, Laurel B. and Ancis, Julie R.",
volume="19",
number="2",
pages="166-186",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which abuse that occurred during marriage/relationship continued within divorce and custody-related legal proceedings. Twenty-seven women participated in semistructured interviews. Interviews were analyzed utilizing a grounded theory approach in order to inductively arrive at a theory explaining how abuse dynamics may continue during legal proceedings. Participants identified child support litigation, custody and visitation battles, intimidation/harassment, deliberately prolonging the case, manipulating finances, and distortions of information as methods by which their exes sought to maintain power and control. Counseling implications are described.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801213478027",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801213478027"
}