Criminalising Coercive Control - Challenges for Implementation of Northern Irelands Domestic Abuse

Drawing on experiences from the other jurisdictions within the UK, Criminalising Coercive Control explores the challenges and potential successes which may be faced in implementing Northern Ireland's new domestic abuse offence.

Sommario

1. Introduction
Vanessa Bettinson and Ronagh McQuigg
2. Introducing a Criminal Offence of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland: Comparative Insights into Criminalising Coercive Control
Vanessa Bettinson and Ronagh McQuigg
3. Understanding and Responding to Coercive Control: Lessons Learned from England and Wales
Charlotte Barlow
4. The Justice Challenge for Policing Northern Ireland: Training Police Officers in the Law of Control.
Rob Ewin
5. Prosecuting Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland: The Challenges of the Trial Process
Jeremy Robson
6. What Might 'Successful' Coercive Control Prosecutions Look Like?
Antonia Porter
7. Taking Learnings from Other Jurisdictions on Supporting Victims and Survivors of Coercive Control
Sonya McMullan

Info autore

Vanessa Bettinson is Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. She researches coercive control in criminal law and is particularly interested in the creation and implementation of coercive control offences and embedding coercive control understandings within defence frameworks.
Ronagh McQuigg is a reader in the School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, UK. She holds an LLB with First Class Honours, an LLM with Distinction and a PhD, and she is a qualified solicitor. Her research interests focus in particular on domestic abuse, and she teaches in the areas of family law and property law.

Riassunto

Drawing on experiences from the other jurisdictions within the UK, Criminalising Coercive Control explores the challenges and potential successes which may be faced in implementing Northern Ireland’s new domestic abuse offence.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Vanessa (De Montfort University Bettinson
• Con la collaborazione di: Vanessa Bettinson (Editore), Bettinson Vanessa (Editore), Ronagh McQuigg (Editore), McQuigg Ronagh (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032384887
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3238488-7
• Pagine: 114
• Serie: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Medicine, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Social Work, Social, group or collective psychology, Gender & the law, Criminal or forensic psychology, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects, Law and society, gender issues, Medicine and Nursing, Social law and Medical law