Introducing a Criminal Offence of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland: Comparative Insights into Criminalising Coercive Control

Vanessa Bettinson; Ronagh McQuigg

doi:10.4324/9781003345305-2

Introducing a Criminal Offence of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland: Comparative Insights into Criminalising Coercive Control

Vanessa Bettinson, Ronagh McQuigg^*

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Northumbria Law School

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Abstract

Chapter Two analyses the new criminal law offence of domestic abuse in Northern Ireland. The chapter reflects on whether the offence will succeed in strengthening this jurisdiction’s response to such abuse. This analysis draws upon models designed for the same purpose in England and Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, to assess where Northern Ireland may succeed or be challenged when operationalising the new offence. Through this comparison, the chapter considers whether Northern Ireland has produced an offence model that has benefited from learning the lessons of other jurisdictions within the UK and Ireland.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Criminalising Coercive Control
Subtitle of host publication	Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse Offence
Editors	Vanessa Bettinson, Ronagh McQuigg
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Chapter	2
Pages	13-49
Number of pages	20
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9781003345305
ISBN (Print)	9781032384870, 9781032384887
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003345305-2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2024

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Name	Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Publisher	Routledge

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coercive control
criminal offences
domestic abuse
comparing offences

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Bettinson, V., & McQuigg, R. (2024). Introducing a Criminal Offence of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland: Comparative Insights into Criminalising Coercive Control. In V. Bettinson, & R. McQuigg (Eds.), Criminalising Coercive Control: Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse Offence (1st ed., pp. 13-49). (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003345305-2

Bettinson, Vanessa ; McQuigg, Ronagh. / Introducing a Criminal Offence of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland : Comparative Insights into Criminalising Coercive Control. Criminalising Coercive Control: Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse Offence. editor / Vanessa Bettinson ; Ronagh McQuigg. 1st. ed. London : Routledge, 2024. pp. 13-49 (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice).

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Criminalising Coercive Control: Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse Offence. ed. / Vanessa Bettinson; Ronagh McQuigg. 1st. ed. London: Routledge, 2024. p. 13-49 (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice).

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Bettinson V, McQuigg R. Introducing a Criminal Offence of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland: Comparative Insights into Criminalising Coercive Control. In Bettinson V, McQuigg R, editors, Criminalising Coercive Control: Challenges for the Implementation of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Abuse Offence. 1st ed. London: Routledge. 2024. p. 13-49. (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice). Epub 2023 Aug 7. doi: 10.4324/9781003345305-2

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