Abstract
The murders of my sister Julia Pemberton and her son William (Walker et al. 2008: 24) in 2003, at the hand of Alan Pemberton, husband and father, thrust me into developing the death review process in England and Wales. Drawing on the knowledge and experience I gained in this area, this chapter will describe the interaction of families with this process, and specifically, Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs). It will highlight the important role families play in these reviews, how they and the review are impacted by the process, and the differing outcomes that can be expected.
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Professor Neil Websdale is Director of the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative in the United States.
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According to Stark, ‘Coercive control entails a malevolent course of conduct that subordinates women to an alien will by violating their physical integrity (domestic violence), denying them respect and autonomy (intimidation), depriving them of social connectedness (isolation), and appropriating or denying them access to the resources required for personhood and citizenship (control).’ (Stark 2007: 15).
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Mullane, F. (2017). The Impact of Family Members’ Involvement in the Domestic Violence Death Review Process. In: Dawson, M. (eds) Domestic Homicides and Death Reviews. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56276-0_9
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