Digital Coercive Control: Insights From Two Landmark Domestic Violence Studies

Harris, Bridget; Woodlock, Delanie

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“…We draw upon this concept of space for action to understand how women's actions and sense of self are impacted by domestic violence and extend it to include the physical and geographical lived spaces that may be used to limit a woman's freedom. The geographical place and space where victim-survivors lives can be used by perpetrators as part of their coercive control tactics (Harris & Woodlock, 2019). An understanding of domestic violence has been noted as being poorly covered in the field of geography (Pain, 2015).…”

Section: Space For Action Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Women's space for action was curtailed by perpetrators in what has been defined as a 'spaceless' location; the use of technology (Harris & Woodlock, 2019). Technology was one potential way that victim-survivors might bridge the distance between themselves and safety, yet this avenue for action was shut down for many women.…”

Section: Isolation Control Of Movement and Surveillancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, a victim-survivor in Bosch and Bergen 2006's (p. 317) research reported that her partner "threatened to kill me if I talked to anyone". Victim-survivors (in various works) have expressed fear that people in their abuser's social network might be commissioned or elect to engage in surveillance which elevated the threat of fatal violence (Harris & Woodlock, 2019). Sometimes animals were killed during relationships (Doherty & Hornosty, 2008*).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Through this, we focus on the ways in which the rural space, as well as the spacelessness of technology in a rural setting (e.g. Harris & Woodlock, 2019), can contribute to diminished space for action for women. Secondly, under a number of related subheadings, we move to examine how rural community life may constrict women's space for action.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The impact of rurality on women's 'space for action' in domestic violence: Findings from a meta-synthesis

Farhall¹,

Harris²,

Woodlock³

2020

International Journal of Rural Criminology

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Men's violence against women is a global human rights issue, with domestic violence one of the most common forms (World Health Organization, 2017). The consequences of domestic violence include detrimental effects on victim-survivors' health, well-being, and sense of safety. To understand these impacts, the concept of 'space for action' seeks to evaluate how perpetrators of domestic violence narrow women's life choices, constraining their freedom (Kelly, 2003). In this article, we build upon the concept of 'space for action' by examining if, and how, rural geographical space and place can be used by perpetrators to constrict women's options for escape, or even shape the violence itself. In conducting a meta-synthesis of 32 global studies, we found similarities in rural women's experiences of violence. Perpetrators used both geographical space and rural social norms to constrain women's space for action. In particular, geographical and social isolation were used to hold women in literal captivity. Rural communities were often experienced as shaming and ostracizing. This provided women with few opportunities to help-seek and aided perpetrators in reducing women's spaces for safety. Women's space for action was also curtailed in the realms of finance, employment, and their ability to care for their children. These findings demonstrate that geographical place and space can be used by perpetrators to narrow and limit women's space for action. As such, rurality should be included in understanding how men's violence limits women's freedoms.

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Section: Space For Action Frameworkmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The impact of rurality on women's 'space for action' in domestic violence: Findings from a meta-synthesis

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Woodlock³

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“…As the literature around TFDA grows, it is important to take stock of its contribution to the evidence base, identifying not only key themes and concepts but also omissions and challenges. Harris and Woodlock (2019) note that existing literature tends to focus upon the medium and the acts it enables rather than the actors or the context in which it occurs. This is an important observation, which is deserving of further attention.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse in Political Economy: A New Theoretical Framework

Yardley

2020

Violence Against Women

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This article presents a new theoretical framework around technology-facilitated domestic abuse (TFDA) in identifying four distinct types of omnipresent behavior. Perpetrators are increasingly drawing upon networked technologies like smartphones, social media, and GPS trackers in monitoring, controlling, and abusing survivors. There is considerable academic literature developing in response to this. While this scholarship is valuable, this article argues that TFDA must be understood as a neoliberal manifestation of patriarchal legacies of misogyny and sexism. A failure to recognize this will serve to prioritize abusers’ freedom to do harm over rights of survivors to be protected from harm.

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Forget me Not: Stalkers, Modus Operandi and Perceived Motivations

Korkodeilou

2020

Victims of Stalking

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Digital Coercive Control: Insights From Two Landmark Domestic Violence Studies

Cited by 127 publications

References 55 publications

The impact of rurality on women's 'space for action' in domestic violence: Findings from a meta-synthesis

The impact of rurality on women's 'space for action' in domestic violence: Findings from a meta-synthesis

Technology-Facilitated Domestic Abuse in Political Economy: A New Theoretical Framework

Forget me Not: Stalkers, Modus Operandi and Perceived Motivations

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