Coercive Control Workshop
The concept of ‘Coercive Control’ as a means of making sense of the nature and extent of violence(s) in women’s everyday lives has been around since the early 1980s. However its recent revitalisation by Evan Stark has resulted in rejuvenated interest in it in the policy domain. In England and Wales an offence of coercive control was introduced in December 2015 and a recent special edition of Criminology and Criminal Justice exposes this concept and associated legal and professional practices to international interrogation. The purpose of this workshop is to examine the efficacy of the implementation of this recent legislation alongside subjecting this concept to further critical interrogation with a view to examining its potential value for other jurisdictions.
Please join the Crime and Justice Research Centre and the School of Justice for a workshop on ‘Coercive Control’, with leading practitioners and academics. Following the event, there will be a Celebration of Books recently published by Crime and Justice Research Centre members.
March 15, 2018
3.00 – 5.00pm
Including light refreshments
OJW Room, Level 12, S Block, QUT Gardens Point Campus
This event requires registration. To register, please email Brigid Xavier – brigid.xavier@qut.edu.au. Eventbrite link to follow.
Speakers
Kate Fitz-Gibbon
Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Monash University.
Sandra Walklate
Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology at the University of Liverpool (U.K)
Rachel Neil
Principal Solicitor of the Women’s Legal Service (WLS)
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