TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Service provider difficulties in operationalizing coercive control
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Brennan, Iain R.
A1  - Burton, Victoria
A1  - Gormally, Sinéad
A1  - O'Leary, Nicola
SP  - 635
EP  - 653
VL  - 25
IS  - 6
N2  - We examined perspectives of social workers, police officers, and specialist domestic abuse practitioners about their perceived ability and organizational readiness to respond effectively to incidents of coercive and controlling behavior. Interviews revealed intervention and risk assessment strategies structured around an outdated, maladaptive concept of domestic abuse as an unambiguous and violent event and frontline services that lacked appreciation of the power dynamics inherent in controlling relationships. The analysis demonstrates how lack of definitional clarity around nonphysical domestic abuse can increase the use of discretion by frontline services and, by extension, increase the discounting of coercive control by pressured frontline officers.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801218797478
ID  - ref1
ER  -