Practitioner (mis)understandings of coercive control in England and Wales

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 29-49

  Robinson, Amanda L ^a   Myhill, Andy ^b   Wire, Julia ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Harperley Hall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coercive control; perpetrators; police; probation; victim advocates; victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041136745     PISSN: 17488958     EISSN: 17488966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748895817728381     Document Type: Article

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