Resource Summary

This report builds on CWJ’s Stop Criminalising Survivors film series and earlier research reports, Women Who Kill, Double Standard and No Safe Space, by presenting the detailed accounts of seven victim/survivors of coercive control, exploring their experiences of being investigated and charged for alleged offending that took place in the context of their own experience of abuse.

Resource Information

Format:report or research
Author:Tamsin Hope and Katy Swaine Williams
Organisation:Centre for Women's Justice
Themes:criminal justice, domestic and sexual abuse, mental health, racial disparities, women centres & women's specialist services
Funder(s):The City Law School
Published:July 2025

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