Centre for Women’s Justice says the criminalisation of women for their abusive partners’ actions is ‘shocking’ Survivors of coercive control are being unfairly criminalised in England and punished by a justice system that should be protecting them, research has found. A report from the Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) drew on the experiences of seven women who were criminalised because of their abusive partners. They include a police officer who was convicted of misconduct in public office and lost her job after her controlling ex-boyfriend, also a police officer, coerced her into giving him her password into the police computer system, and a woman who was prosecuted for theft and fraud after her abusive and controlling partner used her bank account and phone number to sell stolen caravans. Continue reading...

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