Viewing coercive control as just one more manifestation of domestic abuse is to utterly misunderstand what is happening in a victim’s life, says Jane Monckton-Smith [Internet Archive link], senior lecturer in criminology and an expert in coercive control at the university of Gloucestershire. She argues that coercion and control are the very heart of how… Continue reading Coercion and control are the very heart of how an abuser operates: they’re not an added extra.
Tag: identifying abusers
broad term that relates to identifying an abuser once in a long term relationship
It Only Takes a Wink or a Glance to Abuse
A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; (Proverbs 6:12-14 ESV) I have probably written posts about these verses before, but they are on my mind again today and the truths they teach… Continue reading It Only Takes a Wink or a Glance to Abuse
