The Criminalization of Coercive Control in Canada: Conceptualizations, Cautions, and Caveats
Published online on July 08, 2026
Abstract
Violence Against Women, Ahead of Print.
This paper critically examines whether criminalizing coercive control in Canada would improve legal responses to intimate partner violence or reproduce/perpetuate the “ideal victim” trap. Using EvanStark’sconceptualization of coercive control and Nils...
This paper critically examines whether criminalizing coercive control in Canada would improve legal responses to intimate partner violence or reproduce/perpetuate the “ideal victim” trap. Using EvanStark’sconceptualization of coercive control and Nils...