Gibraltar

What “pattern” means here

Domestic Abuse Act 2023 s.3 creates a criminal offence of repeatedly or continuously engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour toward a personally connected person. In force 6 July 2023. Pattern is the offence.

Statutes

• Domestic Abuse Act 2023 s.3

  Controlling or coercive behaviour. Source: gibraltarlaws.gov.gi.

Expert standard

Gibraltar criminal courts. Not Daubert.

What Carlton Research can speak to

Carlton Research can speak to pattern analysis (coercive control breadth, depth, escalation, entrapment, and more). Research is built to the evidentiary rules of the jurisdiction that will hear it. Carlton Research does not recommend parenting time or custody. Research establishes whether a pattern of coercive control is present. Inquire about specific testimony requests or speaking engagements.

Uses the UK statutory phrase controlling or coercive behaviour. Under the Carlton Research lock for that phrase.