POWER AND CONTROL WHEEL

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Power and control wheel developed by advocacy workers in

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Minnesota

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P/C wheel = based on..

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real cases and narratives of survivors

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P/C wheel, ‘spokes’ of wheel show how different elements of abuse come together to be more than the

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sum of the parts

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P/C wheel is linked to Kirkwood and the..

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‘web’ of abuse (1993)

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8 spokes:

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using intimidation

using emotional abuse

using isolation

minimizing, denying and blaming

using children

using male privilege

using economic abuse

using coercion and threats

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Using Emotional abuse: in CC is continuous and designed to degrade, it is personalised and use to…

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monopolise time and cause anxiety/exhaustion

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Using isolation: is one of the most common tactics, some forbid contact or set up surveillance, some just behave badly so she self-isolates and increases anxiety. Surveillance as a tactic is exampled in the BBC programme:

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Murdered by my boyfriend (2014)

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Minimizing, denying and blaming: abusers will always say they’re provoked and lost their temper. Jeff Hearn - ‘the violences of men’ talks about losing temper, which makes people focus on one incident as opposed to the…

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course of conduct (CC)

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Using children: threats to harm, taken away and making children complicit in the abuse, or the victim complicit in the abuse of the

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children

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Using male privilege: ‘man of the house’, using her as a servant, for instance a victim who couldn’t answer from

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her own perspective

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Using economic abuse - like living with an ‘obsessive compulsive accountant’ and not letting her…

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go to work

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Using coercion and threats: threats always present - to children, pets, etc. as well as threats to commit suicide, which causes

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emotional stress
anxiety
guilt

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PHYSICAL and SEXUAL VIOLENCE outside the wheel

Violence = attached to non-compliance, and is the…

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context

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PHYSICAL and SEXUAL VIOLENCE outside the wheel

PHYSICAL V = frequent but…

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low level

not visible

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PHYSICAL and SEXUAL VIOLENCE outside the wheel

SEXUAL V = not always rape, can be…

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unwanted/make-up sex

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Effect of all of this is cumulative (P/C wheel)

One way to distinguish CC from discrete acts of violence and abuse is generalised…

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anxiety and fear