Course Introduction
Welcome to CQUniversity’s Coercive Control online short course. This short course is built on contemporary practice knowledge and research, and provides you with the latest information about coercive control. Completing …
Course: Understanding Coercive Control
Course Introduction
Welcome to CQUniversity’s Coercive Control online short course. This short course is built on contemporary practice knowledge and research, and provides you with the latest information about coercive control. Completing …
The invisible nature of coercive control
Researcher Evan Stark (2007) has used the term ‘liberty crime’ to describe the actions associated with coercive control and thereby to diminish their partner’s autonomy and space for action. He …
What does society expect of women?
Click to expand This question is important because the other way that a perpetrator’s controlling tactics go unnoticed is that the requests and demands can represent the social expectations of …
So how do we analyse coercive control as a construct?
When doing what he wants is followed by removal of the negative consequence, the compliant behaviour is reinforced. For example, she knows that if she does not do as he …
Defining coercive control
In this activity, we explore the definitions of Domestic Violence and Coercive Control Term Meaning Domestic Violence Perpetrator. DVP This is a legal term used within the Domestic and Family …
Describing the dynamics of coercive control
Imagine not being able to speak up to defend yourself or being too afraid to say “no” to requests that put you, or your children, at risk in your own …
Gender Norms and Masculinity
Other research on the shaping of attitudes and behaviours of men who use violence suggests that solely focusing on individual factors in men’s lives (e.g., attitudes, beliefs and investment in …
The Masculinity Model
When men publicly fail to ‘prove’ their masculinity, they perceive this as an endorsement of personal weakness, and therefore vulnerability, rather than an indication that the expectations of masculinity are …
References
Adams, D. (2007). Why do they kill?: Men who murder their intimate partners. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press. Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. (2019). Engaging men who use …
Change Programs
Typologies for men who use intimate partner violence are not new as academics and authors such as David Adams (2007), Holsworth-Munroe and Stuart (1994) and Johnson (2010) have proposed certain …
A helpful conceptual model: Hegemonic masculinity
Hegemonic masculinity ‘Hegemonic masculinity refers to the set of ideals and practices that denote the most prized ways of being a man in any given context. The concept of hegemonic …
A helpful conceptual model: Duluth Program model
Duluth Program model To complete part of our learning, let’s hear from a practitioner. In this brief video Scott Miller, a professional behavioural change expert working the Duluth Program model, …
A helpful conceptual model: Social Entrapment
Using the right conceptual model is vital to capturing and responding to the risks posed by coercive control. Outdated and inaccurate conceptual models reduce the likelihood of seeing the acts …
A helpful conceptual model: Double Standards
Outdated and inaccurate conceptual models reduce the likelihood of seeing the acts of control as occurring all the time and understanding the context of the victim’s behaviours as she struggles …