Coercive control and technology-facilitated parental stalking in children’s and young people’s lives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15748896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Nikupeteri (0000-0002-3897-4834, University of Lapland, corresponding author), Emma Katz (0000-0001-9805-8144, Liverpool Hope University), Merja Laitinen (0000-0002-9418-5004, University of Lapland) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 395-412 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Gender-Based Violence (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2398-6808 • E-ISSN: 2398-6816 |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/239868021x16285243258834 |
| OpenAlex | W3197189664 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 34 |
Knowledge of technology-facilitated abuse and stalking has increased in recent decades, but research on how children and young people are exposed to these behaviours by their parent is still lacking. This article examines how technology-facilitated parental stalking manifests in children’s and young people’s everyday lives in contexts where parents have separated and fathers/father-figures have stalked mothers as part of post-separation coercive control. The article analyses materials from 131 stalking cases dealt with by district courts in Finland from 2014 to 2017 in cases that involved a relationship (dating, cohabitation or marriage), separation/divorce, and one or more children. Analysis of these court decisions identified that children and young people were exposed to three manifestations of technology-facilitated parental stalking: (1) Threats of violence and death; (2) Intrusive and obsessive fatherhood; and (3) Disparaging and insulting motherhood/womanhood. These findings underline the following contextual factors that are important for professionals to consider in identifying and helping children and young people exposed to parental stalking: technology enabling constant coercive and controlling abuse, technology in maintaining abusive parenthood, and technology in magnifying gendered tactics of abuse. The article argues that children’s exposure to and vulnerability to technology-facilitated parental stalking must be more widely recognised
Computer security · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Medical emergency · Poison control · Stalking · Suicide prevention · Victimisation · Vulnerability (computing · Child Welfare and Adoption · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |