Stages of Coercive Control

Question 1

Professor Liz Kelly developed a model to show how CC impacts the victim and the implications that it has for

Answer 1

police intervention

Question 2

7 STAGES:

1- GROOMING - victim is being…

Answer 2

charmed but isolated

Question 3

7 STAGES:
2- MANAGE THE SITUATION - police should try to get the victim to appreciate that they’re changing their behaviour to suit the abuser and that’s not..

Answer 3

good

Question 4

7 STAGES:

3-DISTORTION OF PERSPECTIVE/REALITY - extension of previous stage and an increase in

Answer 4

anxiety

Question 5

7 STAGES:

4-DEFINING THE ABUSE - individuals involved accept status of…

Answer 5

victim/perpetrator

Question 6

7 STAGES:

5-RE-EVALUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP - sees support as a…

Answer 6

realistic option

Question 7

7 STAGES:
6-ENDING THE RELATIONSHIP- victim may make several attempts to leave but practical issues and threats and controlling issues may intensify, frustrating for the police as they…

Answer 7

may not understand why people go back

Question 8

7 STAGES:

7-ENDING THE ABUSE- ending relationship may not end abuse, risk increases, abusers seek to regain…

Answer 8

control

Question 9

The way victims experience CC and react to it might pose problems for police…

Answer 9

response

Question 10

Only after some time might a victim start to define what is happening to them as abuse - difficult as have to name..

Answer 10

yourself as victim

partner as abuser