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Report: Abused Women Criminalized, Urgent Justice Reforms Needed

7/27/2025

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Survivors of coercive control in England are facing unjust criminalization, according to a report from the Centre for Women’s Justice. It reveals harrowing cases of women prosecuted for crimes committed by their abusive partners. The CWJ urges urgent reforms, advocating for victim defenses and better evidence protocols to create a justice system that shields, not punishes, those who have suffered.

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Survivors of coercive control in England are facing unjust criminalization, according to a report from the Centre for Women’s Justice. It reveals harrowing cases of women prosecuted for crimes committed by their abusive partners. The CWJ urges urgent reforms, advocating for victim defenses and better evidence protocols to create a justice system that shields, not punishes, those who have suffered.