Criminalisation of Coercive Control - Research Brief

Coercive control is a key feature of intimate partner violence. Framed by Evan Stark (2007) as a 'liberty crime', his conceptualisation of coercive control sought to capture the long-term, ongoing nature of a wide range of forms of violence which are not exclusively physically but can pervade an individual's daily life with devastating impact. It is not a new concept. Coercive control has been articulated in the work of Dobash & Dobash (1979), Schechter (1982), Ptacek (1999) amongst others. Indeed, Hamberger, Larsen & Lehrner, (2017) identify 22 different definitions of coercive control all of which carry with them different implications for research and practice. Importantly as Wangmann (2020: 222) states: 'What is fundamental to all of this theoretical work is that this understanding of control came from the accounts provided by women themselves'.

强制控制（coercive control）是亲密伴侣暴力（intimate partner violence）的核心特征。埃文·斯塔克（Evan Stark）于2007年将其界定为“自由犯罪”，其对强制控制的概念建构旨在涵盖各类长期持续的暴力形式：此类暴力并非仅局限于肢体伤害，而是可渗透至个体的日常生活，造成毁灭性影响。这并非全新的学术概念。多巴什夫妇（Dobash & Dobash）1979年的研究、谢克特（Schechter）1982年的成果、普塔切克（Ptacek）1999年的著作等，均已对强制控制展开了相关阐述。事实上，哈姆伯格、拉森与莱纳（Hamberger, Larsen & Lehrner）在2017年的研究中指出，强制控制存在22种不同定义，每一种定义均对相关研究与实务实践有着各不相同的指向意义。尤为重要的是，旺曼（Wangmann）在2020年的著作第222页中指出：‘所有此类理论研究的核心要义在于，人们对控制的这种认知，源自女性自身的亲身叙述。’