Working in homicide prevention
There are no places left for this event This webinar takes place: 10th June 1100 - 1300 UK time Zoom platform There is no charge Those of you who have sent your email address will receive information via email next week. Susan Haile will be the host for the event. Sue is an experienced advocate... Continue Reading →
The Homicide Timeline Webinar will be happening on the 10th June between 1100 and 1300. Everyone who has expressed interest in the online training and sent me their email address will receive an invitation to the webinar. If you are interested please make sure I have your email. Those of you who gave me Twitter... Continue Reading →
There have been some really great webinars and debates taking place during this lockdown that have kept intimate partner homicide high on the agenda. I have been lucky enough to be part of some of those discussions and it has inspired me to try and give answers to some of the questions that have arisen... Continue Reading →
It is a fact that even before the Covid-19 lockdown there was an increase in domestic homicides. There has been another increase during the lockdown and sadly I predict this will continue. It’s important to recognise that the lockdown is not creating abusers, it is however bringing them out of the shadows. These homicides are... Continue Reading →
This morning I was sent a french translation of the homicide timeline stages that I am able to reproduce here. Please feel free to share this with french speaking friends and contacts: (Title) Chronologie d'un féminicide (First Stage) Historique avant la relation --- Casier judiciaire ou accusations venant d'ancien.ne.s partenaires de contrôle, violences domestiques ou... Continue Reading →
I receive a lot of messages from victims of coercive control who are deeply upset and feel powerless. Many of those people are asking me if I think they’re going crazy. I’m writing this message to anyone who might feel this way. If you suspect something isn’t right, it probably isn’t. Your instincts are finely... Continue Reading →
This project becomes more complex and fascinating the longer it goes on. We are looking at cases where there has been a sudden death, but even though there are circumstances that raise the suspicion of homicide, there is no formal finding or recording of homicide. This may be for various different reasons, and it’s those... Continue Reading →
The Homicide Timeline Research was published this month and is proving useful in understanding how risk and threat escalates in cases of coercive control and intimate partner stalking. I have attached links to a short film I made for HMPSS explaining the research in brief - it's about ten minutes long. Also a link to... Continue Reading →
It is one of the best things that can happen for a researcher - when your research starts to have a real world impact in a way you hoped it would. This has been happening with the homicide timeline. There have been many impacts, but the most interesting for us has been in the way... Continue Reading →
I read some of the comments on the Sally Challen Appeal with interest. The reality of what Coercive Control is needs to be effectively understood if Sally Challen's predicament is to be fully appreciated. I saw in many comments that CC is being described as psychological abuse. I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding, and... Continue Reading →
