Guns are what make violent partners so dangerous. And in the US, Black women get less protection from laws meant to keep firearms out of abusers’ hands.
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Government bodies and community organisations have tried to tackle the problem of violence against women in marketing campaigns. Have they worked?
A domestic violence disclosure scheme is a resource people can check to find out if a particular person has a documented history of domestic violence.
The concept of “coercive control” reframes domestic violence as an attack on human rights and resources rather than an assault.
New research linking police and healthcare data shows that victims of domestic abuse are detectable before the involvement of the police.
Interventions against intimate partner violence may work better if they target the mechanisms that make empathic women more vulnerable.
Coercive control seeks to disempower victims of domestic abuse on every level. Leaving the family home – and disentangling feelings of care – is a complex process.
Plans have been made for the AI-based program to begin trials before the year ends. But it raises serious questions about the role of police in preventing domestic violence.
The battle against gender-based violence never ends but the work of the women who set up the first refuges in the 1970s deserves wider recognition.
On Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, it’s time to challenge the revictimization of victims of domestic violence by aggressive police action.
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer, University of Uyo
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Professeur émérite, sociologue, Rutgers University
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Professor, Criminology, Carleton University
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Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Liverpool
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Senior lecturer, Marketing, University of Technology Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Nottingham
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Research Officer and Data Scientist at the National Centre for Population Health and Wellbeing Research, Swansea University
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Senior research officer and data scientist, Swansea University
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Professor Emerita of Violence Against Women Studies, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City St George's, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Sheffield
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University