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Title
“Living in the Darkness”: Technology-Facilitated Coercive Control, Disenfranchised Grief, and Institutional Betrayal
Author(s)
Publication Date
2023
Early Online Version
Abstract
<p>This article draws on interviews with 20 Australian women subjected to technology-facilitated coercive control (TFCC), foregrounding their accounts of grief and institutional betrayal. Findings show that while the harms of TFCC were significant, survivors’ experiences were often minimized and dismissed by justice institutions. Women experienced grief due to abuse and separation from partners who had betrayed them. This loss was compounded when seeking help. We propose that disenfranchised grief is an underexplored response to domestic violence and institutional betrayal as well as a potential intervention site, particularly in relation to technology-facilitated abuse.</p>
Publication Type
Journal Article
Source of Publication
Violence Against Women, 29(5), p. 987-1004
Publisher
Sage Publications, Inc
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020
2022-08-22
Place of Publication
United States of America
ISSN
1552-8448
1077-8012
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020
Peer Reviewed
Yes
HERDC Category Description
Peer Reviewed
Yes
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