2020 was a year like no other, with the COVID-19 virus upending life as we know it. When governments around the world imposed lockdown measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, advocates in the domestic and family violence (DFV) sector recognised that these measures were likely to result in increases in violence against women, particularly intimate partner violence (IPV). IPV can take many forms, including physical, emotional, psychological, financial, coercive controlling behaviours, surveillance and isolation tactics. Lockdown conditions provide fertile ground for the exercise of coercive control by encouraging people to stay at home, limiting social interactions to household members, reducing mobility and enabling perpetrators to closely monitor their partner's movements. However, media reports and awareness of IPV are generally dominated by a focus on physical violence and lethality, which are easily defined and measured. By contrast, coercive control as a concept is difficult to operationalise, measure and action in law, policy and frontline interventions. This paper discusses the challenges inherent in measuring coercive control and engages with current debates around the criminalisation of coercive control in NSW. Such reflection is timely as the conditions of COVID-19 lockdowns are likely to lead to an increase in coercive controlling behaviours.

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COVID-19 封锁、亲密伴侣暴力和强制控制

2020 年是与众不同的一年，正如我们所知，COVID-19 病毒颠覆了人们的生活。当世界各国政府实施封锁措施以遏制 COVID-19 的传播时，家庭暴力 (DFV) 部门的倡导者认识到，这些措施可能会导致针对女性的暴力行为增加，尤其是亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) . IPV 可以采取多种形式，包括身体、情感、心理、财务、强制控制行为、监视和隔离策略。封锁条件通过鼓励人们呆在家里、限制家庭成员的社交互动、减少流动性并使犯罪者能够密切监视其伴侣的行动，为实施强制控制提供了肥沃的土壤。然而，媒体报道和对 IPV 的认识通常主要集中在身体暴力和杀伤力上，这很容易定义和衡量。相比之下，强制控制作为一个概念很难在法律、政策和一线干预中实施、衡量和行动。本文讨论了衡量强制控制所固有的挑战，并参与了当前围绕新南威尔士州强制控制刑事定罪的辩论。这种反思是及时的，因为 COVID-19 封锁的条件可能会导致强制控制行为的增加。本文讨论了衡量强制控制所固有的挑战，并参与了当前围绕新南威尔士州强制控制刑事定罪的辩论。这种反思是及时的，因为 COVID-19 封锁的条件可能会导致强制控制行为的增加。本文讨论了衡量强制控制所固有的挑战，并参与了当前围绕新南威尔士州强制控制刑事定罪的辩论。这种反思是及时的，因为 COVID-19 封锁的条件可能会导致强制控制行为的增加。