Northern Ireland

What “pattern” means here

Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 s.1 creates a domestic abuse offence. Official s.1 text does not use coercive control or controlling or coercive behaviour. Related course-of-conduct framing is not treated here as a coercive control statute.

Statutes

• Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 s.1

  Domestic abuse offence. Not scored as coercive control. Source: legislation.gov.uk.

Expert standard

Northern Ireland 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.

Honest not-scored note required by the statute-term lock. Do not present Northern Ireland as a coercive control criminalization peer to England and Wales without the statutory words.