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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2025

StepChange,

Too close to home: StepChange debt advice clients’ experiences of coerced debt Technical Report

2025.

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

2024

Meler, Tal; Alnabilsy, Raghda; Miri, Bernstein

Economic abuse: Coercive debt of Arab-Palestinian women in Israel Journal Article

In: International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coerced debt, Israel, Palestine, research

Gordon-Bouvier, Ellen

Analysing legal responses to coerced debt Journal Article

In: Legal Studies, 2024.

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

2023

Park, Michaela

Pathways to Financial Security: A New Legal Avenue for Survivors of Coerced Debt in California Journal Article

In: California Law Review, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coerced debt, financial security, law, responses to economic abuse, USA

2019

Adams, Adrienne E.; Litwin, Angela K.; Javorka, McKenzie

The Frequency, Nature, and Effects of Coerced Debt Among a National Sample of Women Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence Journal Article

In: Violence Against Women, 2019.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coerced debt, impact of economic abuse, nature of economic abuse, prevalence, research, USA

2013

Littwin, Angela

Escaping Battered Credit: A Proposal for Repairing Credit Reports Damaged by Domestic Violence Journal Article

In: UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA LAW REVIEW, 2013.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coerced debt, law, responses to economic abuse, USA

2011

Littwin, Angela

Coerced Debt: The Role of Consumer Credit in the Domestic Violence Journal Article

In: California Law Review, 2011.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: coerced debt, research, USA

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