Ireland

What “pattern” means here

Domestic Violence Act 2018 s.39 creates a criminal offence of coercive control. In force 1 January 2019. The unit is a course of behaviour, not a single incident.

Statutes

• Domestic Violence Act 2018 s.39

  Criminal offence of coercive control. Source: irishstatutebook.ie.

Expert standard

Irish 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.

Official text uses coercive control. Criminal product. Do not import proof standards into a U.S. family-law report as if they were the same.