Coercive Control in Intimate Partnerships: Conceptualization, Criminalization, and Public Perception

Project name in Czech
Coercive Control in Intimate Partnerships: Conceptualization, Criminalization, and Public Perception
Annotation in Czech
The project focuses on coercive control (CC) as a specific pattern of abuse in intimate partnerships. Its primary aim is to systematically examine CC in terms of its conceptualization and how it is understood, perceived and addressed within the Czech Republic (CR)—both in the criminal justice system and among the general public—while considering the influence of gender dynamics. Barriers and challenges in recognizing and addressing CC under the current Czech legal framework are analysed, with comparative insights from countries, primarily the United Kingdom (UK), where CC is explicitly criminalized—unlike in the CR. Using a mixed-methods approach, the project combines conceptual and legal analysis with qualitative and quantitative empirical research, including content analysis of court judgments, interviews with professionals and a public perception survey. The findings will be disseminated through journal articles focusing on the conceptualization of CC, its implicit criminalization in the CR and cross-national differences in public perception between the CR and the UK.

R&D category
ZV - Basic research
OECD FORD - main branch
50502 - Criminology, penology
OECD FORD - secondary branch
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OECD FORD - another secondary branch
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CEP - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
AG - Legal sciences

Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP26-GA0-GA-R
Data delivery date
May 7, 2026

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