@article{ref1,
title="Effects of historical coercive control, historical violence, and lawyer representation on post-separation male partner violence against mother litigants who participated in adversarial family court proceedings",
journal="Violence against women",
year="2020",
author="Ellis, Desmond and Lewis, Tanice and Nepon, Taryn",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The primary objective of this study was to test the effects of historical male partner violence and lawyer representation on post-separation male partner violence and coercive control against mother litigants participating in adversarial family court proceedings. Toward this end, staff at two women's shelters administered a questionnaire to 40 former residents who met the sample selection criteria. Two findings are noteworthy. First, there was a decrease in mother litigant reports of post-separation physical violence requiring a visit to a hospital. Second, post-separation male partner coercive control &quot;most/some of the time&quot; was reported by 97.5% of all 40 separated mother litigants who also reported experiencing historical coercive control by their male partners. Recommendations and limitations are described in the final two pages.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-8012",
doi="10.1177/1077801220921939",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801220921939"
}