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Research library

The evidence base on economic abuse and the negative economic impact of domestic violence more broadly has expanded over the past ten years. Program interventions to support women’s economic stability have also been developed and evaluated.

The reports below reflect national and international knowledge. Join the international network for updates.

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2024

Gordon-Bouvier, Ellen

Analysing legal responses to coerced debt Journal Article

In: Legal Studies, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coerced debt, law, UK

Howard, Marilyn; Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

Control 'of' resources or control 'over' individuals? Exploring the management and distribution of resources within the household and economic abuse Book Chapter

In: A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: economic resources, UK

2023

Westmarland, Nicole; Žilková, Zuzana

Shifting the Dial: How men talk about economic abuse and control and equality in relationships Technical Report

2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: attitudes to economic abuse, research, UK

Garner, Maria; Kelly, Liz

Shifting the Dial. How financial services could detect, disrupt and hold perpetrators of economic abuse to account Technical Report

2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: banking, perpetrators, research, UK

Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola; Royal, Kathryn; Gibson, Keith

Seen yet sidelined: How economic abuse is reflected and responded to within successful prosecutions of the Controlling or Coercive Behaviour Offence Technical Report

2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coercive control, criminal justice system, research, UK

Chowbey, Punita; Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

Economic Abuse Book Chapter

In: 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: impact of economic abuse, responses to economic abuse, UK

Aviva,

Two in five Brits claim to have suffered economic or financial abuse Online

2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: prevalence, research, UK

2022

Lansdown, Hargreaves

One in ten have been a victim of financial abuse Online

2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: prevalence, UK

Davidge, Sarah

The cost of living is preventing women from fleeing domestic abuse Online

Women's Aid 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: economic hardship, research, UK

Royal, Kathryn

‘Coronavirus has been the perfect excuse for him to just stop paying’: child maintenance and economic abuse in the UK during the COVID-19 outbreak Journal Article

In: Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: child maintenance, child support, research, UK

2021

Parker, Jonathan; Veasey, Kelly

Universal Credit, Gender and Structural Abuse Journal Article

In: The Journal of Adult Protection, 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK, welfare benefits

Banks, James; Waters, Jamie

An examination of the interrelationship between disordered gambling and intimate partner violence Journal Article

In: The International Review of Victimology, 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: gambling, research, UK

Abuse, Surviving Economic

Denied justice: How the legal aid means test prevents victims of domestic abuse from accessing justice and rebuilding their lives Technical Report

2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: law, legal aid, research, Surviving Economic Abuse, UK

Abuse, Surviving Economic

The Cost of Covid-19: Economic abuse and the pandemic Technical Report

2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: covid-19, impact of economic abuse, research, Surviving Economic Abuse, UK

Trust, Young Women's; Abuse, Surviving Economic

Young Women and Economic Abuse Online

Young Women's Trust 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: economic wellbeing, SEA, UK, young people

Gingerbread,

The single parent debt trap Online

Gingerbread 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: debt, research, single parents, UK

Group, Women's Budget; Howard, Marilyn; Bennett, Fran

Distribution of Money with in the Household and Current Social Security Issues for Couples in the UK Online

Women's Budget Group 2021.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: economic security, financial security, research, UK

2020

Gingerbread,

Data from Gingerbread and Mumsnet on the child maintenance service Online

Gingerbread 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: child support, UK

Refuge,

Know Economic Abuse Online

Refuge 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: prevalence, research, UK

Doyle, Jessica Leigh

Experiences of intimate partner violence: The role of psychological, economic, physical and sexual violence Journal Article

In: Women's Studies International Forum, 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: nature of economic abuse, research, UK

Griffiths, Rita; Wood, Marsha; Bennett, Fran; Millar, Professor Jane

Uncharted Territory: Universal Credit, Couples and Money Online

Institute for Policy Research 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK, welfare benefits

Christy, Kameri; Welter, Tanice; Dundon, Kelly; Valandra,; Bruce, Ambra

Economic Abuse: A Subtle but Common Form of Power and Control Journal Article

In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK, USA

Bates, Elizabeth A.; Carthy, Nikki L.

“She convinced me I had Alzheimer’s”: Experiences of intimate partner violence in older men. Journal Article

In: Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: male victims, older people, research, UK

Purdam, Kingsley; Prattley, Jennifer

Financial debt amongst older women in the United Kingdom – shame, abuse and resilience Journal Article

In: Aging & Society, 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: older people, research, UK

Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

Understanding the economics of abuse: an assessment of the economic abuse definition within the Domestic Abuse Bill Journal Article

In: Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 2020.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: policy, UK

2019

Pillinger, Jane; Bowlus, Audra; MacQuarrie, Barb; Stancanelli, Elena

Survey Held in 6 Companies: How Does Domestic Violence Impact the Workplace? Online

One in Three Women 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Belgium, employment, France, Italy, Multi-country, research, Spain, UK

Group, Women’s Budget; Abuse, Surviving Economic; Coalition, End Violence Against Women

Benefits or barriers? Making social security work for survivors of violence and abuse across the UK’s four nations Online

Women’s Budget Group and Surviving Economic Abuse and End Violence Against Women Coalition 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: policy, Surviving Economic Abuse, UK, welfare benefits

McIlwaine, Cathy; Granada, Lucila; Valenzuela-Oblitas, Illary

The Right To Be Believed: Migrant women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the ‘hostile immigration environment’ in London Online

Latin American Women’s Rights Service 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: migrant women, research, UK

Anitha, Sundari

Understanding Economic Abuse Through an Intersectional Lens: Financial Abuse, Control, and Exploitation of Women’s Productive and Reproductive Labor Journal Article

In: Violence Against Women, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: India, Multi-country, research, UK

AVA,

Hand in Hand: Survivors of Multiple Disadvantage Discuss Service & Support Online

AVA 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: multiple disadvantage, research, UK

Davidge, Sarah; Magnusson, Lizzie

The Domestic Abuse Report 2019 – The Economics of Abuse Online

Women's Aid 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK

AVA,; Agenda,

Breaking Down The Barriers: Findings of The National Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence and Multiple Disadvantage Online

AVA and Agenda 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: multiple disadvantage, research, UK

Hestia,

On the Sidelines: The Economic and Personal Cost of Childhood Exposure to Domestic Violence Online

Hestia 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: cost of abuse, research, UK

Aguirre, Edith

Domestic violence and women’s earnings: Does frequency matter? Journal Article

In: Discussion Papers in Economics, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: income, Mexico, UK

2018

Balderston, Susie

ASK: Routine Enquiry in Gender Based Violence and Abuse. Executive Summary Online

Citizen's Advice Programme 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: evaluation, UK

Magić, Jasna; Kelley, Peter

LGBT+ People’s Experiences of Domestic Abuse Online

Galop 2018.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: LGBTQ+, research, UK

2017

Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola; Learmonth, Sarah

Into Plain Sight: How Economic Abuse is reflected in successful prosecutions of controlling or coercive behaviour Technical Report

2017.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coercive control, Policing, research, responses to economic abuse, Surviving Economic Abuse, UK

Chowbey, Punita

Women’s Narratives of Economic Abuse and Financial Strategies in Britain and South Asia Journal Article

In: Psychology of Violence, 2017.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: India, Multi-country, Pakistan, research, UK

2016

Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

Supporting Survivors of Financial Abuse, Learning for the UK Technical Report

2016.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Australia, learning, SEA, UK, USA

2015

Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

A Review of Research and Policy on Financial Abuse within Intimate Partner Relationships Online

Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: literature review, policy, UK

Howard, Marilyn; Skipp, Amy

Unequal, Trapped & Controlled: Women’s experience of financial abuse and potential implications for Universal Credit Online

Women's Aid 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK, welfare benefits

Sharp-Jeffs, Nicola

Money matters: Research into the extent and nature of financial abuse within intimate relationships in the UK Online

Refuge 2015.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: prevalence, research, UK

2014

Advice, Citizens

Controlling money, controlling lives: Financial abuse in Britain Online

Citizens Advice 2014.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK

2013

Kesete, Nisan Zerai

Destitute Domestic Violence Concession – Monitoring Research Report Online

Eaves 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK, welfare benefits

for Work, Department; Pensions,

Domestic Violence: Implementation of Job Seekers Allowance Domestic Violence Easement and Destitute Domestic Violence Concession – Small Scale Qualitative Research Online

Department for Work and Pensions 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: UK, welfare benefits

2012

Barron, Jackie

The Domestic Abuse and Money Education (DAME) Project: Final Report Online

Women's Aid 2012.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: evaluation, responses to economic abuse, UK

2009

YWCA,

Young woman and financial abuse Online

YWCA 2009.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK, young people

2008

Sharp, Nicola

‘What’s yours is mine’ The different forms of economic abuse and its impact on women and children experiencing domestic violence Online

Refuge 2008.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: impact of economic abuse, nature of economic abuse, research, UK

Refuge,

Addressing the financial needs of women and children experiencing domestic violence Online

Refuge 2008.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: research, UK

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