Intimate Partner Femicide: Using Foucauldian Analysis to Track an Eight Stage Progression to Homicide

Smith, Jane

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“…Coercive control has been identified as one of the important predictors of femicide (Campbell et al 2003), highlighting the concern about murder victims as "collateral damage" of the pandemic. The pandemic could even escalate the journey of the perpetrator from coercive control to murder (see Monckton Smith 2019).…”

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Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence during Lockdown and the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021

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Previous studies have demonstrated that there is an increase in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) during times of crisis (e.g., financial, environmental, or socio-political situations). The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global health and financial tragedy, but research is yet to establish exactly how the situation may impact on IPV. The present study investigates victims’ experience of IPV during lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic. We report a qualitative thematic analysis of 50 discussion forum posts written by victims of IPV. Of these, 48 forum posts were written by female victims of male perpetrated violence. All forum posts were obtained from the popular online platform, Reddit. We identified four themes associated with IPV victims’ experiences during lockdown and the global pandemic: (i) Use of COVID-19 by the Abuser, (ii) Service Disruption, (iii) Preparation to Leave, and (iv) Factors Increasing Abuse or Distress. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on those living with IPV, often increasing the severity of IPV experienced. The experiences of those affected by IPV during this period inform interventions and the guidance and support provided to IPV victims during times of crisis.

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Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence during Lockdown and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…We also appreciate the valuable and helpful comments of the anonymous reviewers. 2 See, for example, https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/abuse-threats-madegreta-thunberg-3897936.3 In some instances, the situations that involve stalking and threatening communications can even lead to physical harm(Smith, 2019).…”

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Illicit Genres: The Case of Threatening Communications

Bojsen-Møller¹,

Auken

Devitt

et al. 2020

Sakprosa

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ResuméDenne artikel anlaegger et nyt perspektiv på studiet af sproglige trusler ved at argumentere for at de kan karakteriseres som en genre -en genre der generelt giver staerke konnotationer til intimidering, frygt, aggression, magt og tvang.Vi kombinerer Retoriske Genrestudiers (RGS') teoretiske ramme med resultater fra teoretiske og empiriske analyser af trusler for at nå frem til en mere nuanceret og fyldestgørende forståelse af trusler. Sproglige trusler er som udgangspunkt ikke at finde i gaengse oversigter over genrer, og man laerer heller ikke om dem i skolen. Derfor designede vi et spørgeskema der skulle teste hvor genkendelige trusler egentlig er. Selvom trusselsforskere rapporterer at trusler har en bemaerkelsesvaerdig variation i deres formmaessige og kontekstuelle traek, kategoriserede størstedelen af vores respondenter testemnerne som trusler, på trods af at de ikke fik praesenteret nogen tekstuel, kontekstuel eller layoutmaessig ramme for fortolkningen.Dette indikerer at truslen er en genkendelig genre. Vi argumenterer for at truslen hører under en bredere kategori af illegitime genrer: genrer der generelt set har skadelige eller ubehagelige konsekvenser for samfundet, og som almindeligvis påvirker deres ofre negativt. Den måde illegitime genrer tages op på i samfundet, deres uptake, adskiller sig meget fra hvordan andre genrer tages op. De der benytter illegitime genrer, undgår ofte aktivt at navngive dem, hvilket indebaerer at de grupper der reagerer på illegitime genrer, på ganske betydelig vis er med til at definere dem. Dette studie bidrager til forskning i sproglige trusler, idet genreteori kaster lys over vigtige situationelle faktorer der påvirker fortolkningen af en tekst som en trusseldette er et saerligt omstridt spørgsmål i forhold til trusler der er indirekte formuleret. Studiet bidrager også til genreteori ved at pege på et nyt område genreforskere kan undersøge, nemlig illegitime genrer. Undersøgelser af illegitime genrer har også bredere samfundsmaessig relevans da de belyser forskellige slags problematisk, retorisk opførsel der kan have destruktive 2020 © Sakprosa Bind 12, Nr. 1 M. Bojsen-Møller, S. Auken, A. J. Devitt & T. K. Christensen 3 / 53 Sakprosa.no konsekvenser for det enkelte menneske og for den demokratiske samfundsorden bredt set. AbstractThis study takes a novel approach to the study of threatening communications by arguing that they can be characterized as a genre -a genre that generally carries strong connotations of intimidation, fear, aggression, power, and coercion. We combine the theoretical framework of Rhetorical Genre Studies (RGS) with results from theoretical and empirical analyses of threats to arrive at a more comprehensive perspective of threats. Since threats do not form part of any regular curriculum of genres, we designed a survey to test how recognizable they are. While scholars on threats describe threatening communications as remarkably varied in form and contextual features, the majority of our respondents categorized test items as threats without ...

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“…Positioning them as responsible for his welfare, he disguised the emotional power that he was wielding over them. Refusing to take responsibility for one's own mental health, as this father did, is the same coercive control tactic that perpetrators often use with adult partners, especially when they threaten to commit suicide if their partner leaves them (Monckton Smith, ). This entraps their targets (Stark, ), as they feel obligated to look after the perpetrators (see also Bancroft et al, ).…”

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When Coercive Control Continues to Harm Children: Post‐Separation Fathering, Stalking and Domestic Violence

2020

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This article shows how domestic violence perpetrators can use coercive control against their children after their ex-partner has separated from them. Coercive control can include violence, threats, intimidation, stalking, monitoring, emotional abuse and manipulation, interwoven with periods of seemingly 'caring' and 'indulgent' behaviour as part of the overall abuse. Crucially, what this article provides is knowledge, hitherto largely missing, about how children and young people can experience coercive control post-separation. The article draws on two separate data sets, one from the UK and one from Finland, which together comprise qualitative interviews with 29 children who had coercive control perpetrating fathers/father-figures. The data sets were separately thematically analysed, then combined using a qualitative interpretative meta-synthesis. This produced three themes regarding children's experiences: (1) dangerous fathering that frightened children and made them feel unsafe; (2) 'admirable' fathering, where fathers/father-figures appeared as 'caring', 'concerned', 'indulgent' and/or 'vulnerablevictims'; and (3) omnipresent fathering that continually constrained children's lives. Dangerous and 'admirable' fathering describe the behaviours of coercive controlperpetrating fathers/father-figures, while omnipresent fathering occurred in children as a fearful mental and emotional state. Perpetrators could also direct performances of 'admirable' fathering at professionals and communities in ways that obscured their coercive control. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

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Intimate Partner Femicide: Using Foucauldian Analysis to Track an Eight Stage Progression to Homicide

Cited by 69 publications

References 36 publications

Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence during Lockdown and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence during Lockdown and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Illicit Genres: The Case of Threatening Communications

When Coercive Control Continues to Harm Children: Post‐Separation Fathering, Stalking and Domestic Violence

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