How Coercive Control Creates A Unique Type of Trauma

As proposed in one of the studies in today's Crime Research Update

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Use this paid tip sheet to help you integrate the latest research into your work. It's a directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor, including this study listing:

“Slowly, Over Time, You Completely Lose Yourself”: Conceptualizing Coercive Control Trauma in Intimate Partner Relationships

Journal: Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Keywords: violence, sexual violence, intimate partner, technology-facilitated, victim, survivor, trauma, regulation
First author: Kristy Kassing (La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia) [+1 other author]

In this study, researchers looked at the effects of coercive control—a form of violence where the victim’s life is severely restricted by an intimate partner through threats, violence, technology, and other means—and found victims “experience specific emotional trauma, shaped by processes of threat and restraint.” The researchers propose a new concept, “coercive control trauma,” and argue for its usefulness.

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