UK victim-survivor experiences of intimate partner spiritual abuse and religious coercive control and implications for practice

This study extends existing scholarship on coercive control within an intimate relationship by exploring how some perpetrators use spiritual abuse as part of their control repertoire and how others harness belief and doctrine to exercise a totalising ‘religious coercive control’ over their victims....

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Autores principales: Mulvihill, Natasha (Autor) ; Aghtaie, Nadia (Autor) ; Matolcsi, Andrea (Autor) ; Hester, Marianne 1955- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2023
En: Criminology & criminal justice
Año: 2023, Volumen: 23, Número: 5, Páginas: 773-790
Otras palabras clave:B Coercive Control
B Religión
B spiritual abuse
B Domestic abuse
B Faith
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Sumario:This study extends existing scholarship on coercive control within an intimate relationship by exploring how some perpetrators use spiritual abuse as part of their control repertoire and how others harness belief and doctrine to exercise a totalising ‘religious coercive control’ over their victims. The analysis in this article draws on two multi-faith datasets: secondary data analysis of 27 semi-structured interviews and primary data collected through an online anonymous survey eliciting 24 qualitative responses, supplemented by 4 follow-up interviews with victim-survivors. Thematic analysis demonstrates the experience and longer-term impact of coercive control on victim-survivors and the barriers to help-seeking, including complicity at familial, community and leadership levels. We articulate their recommendations for change within places of worship and the implications for criminal justice practitioners.
ISSN:1748-8966
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Criminology & criminal justice
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/17488958221112057