Children of Coercive Control

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Children of Coercive Control is written by Evan Stark and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0197587097 (ISBN 10) and 9780197587096 (ISBN 13).

In accessible prose illustrated by dramatic cases from his forensic practice, Evan Stark shows that the vast majority of children killed or seriously injured in families are victims of coercive control by their father. Coercive control has been adapted by many countries and US States as the overarching definition of violence against women. Children are secondary victims of this process. Stark describes why he would abolish the child welfare system and replace the ameliorative approach to child abuse and child protection with criminal laws against coercive control, and support independence for women and children.