Prosecuting Coercive Control: Reforming Storytelling in the Courtroom

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dc.contributor.authorRobson, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorBettinson, Vanessa
dc.date.acceptance2020-09-14
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-16T11:10:40Z
dc.date.available2020-09-16T11:10:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.descriptionThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in the Criminal Law Review following peer review. The definitive published version will be available online on Westlaw UK.en
dc.description.abstractThe criminalisation of coercive control is a welcome development in ending violence against women. It has created an offence aimed at tackling the abuse of power and control within relationships. Despite this, however, there are indications that there is a high attrition rate in bringing prosecutions, notwithstanding the recognition by prosecuting authorities of the need to bring “evidence-led” prosecutions. In this paper we review the ways in which having an offence which is proved via a narrative account of a personal relationship can run into difficulties when faced with rules of evidence which have evolved in a justice system more used to dealing with incident-based offences. Although in many cases judicial discretion allows flexibility to overcome these problems, we argue that the process would be made easier by explicit recognition of the approach to be taken in the rules of evidence.en
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dc.identifier.citationRobson, J. and Bettinson, V. (2020) Prosecuting Coercive Control: Reforming Storytelling in the Courtroom. Criminal Law Review, 12, pp. 1107-1126en
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/20189
dc.language.isoenen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherSweet and Maxwellen
dc.researchinstituteCentre for Law, Justice and Societyen
dc.subjectEvidenceen
dc.subjectDomestic abuseen
dc.subjectCoercive controlen
dc.subjectCriminal procedureen
dc.titleProsecuting Coercive Control: Reforming Storytelling in the Courtroomen
dc.typeArticleen

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