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Prof Jane Monckton Smith OBE
2 years
In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder #Amazon
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@Jaimi_Shrive Blaming women for being raped or even murdered is a national sport.
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@haynesdeborah @AliaWaheed What a miserable and rude response from the news anchor @SkyNews
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People are saying in response to the Boris Johnson story that people should not get involved in arguments between a couple. We in the DV sector have been asking people NOT to ignore concerning altercations. PLEASE don’t undo all that work!
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I just heard on TV news that sex education for 11/12 yr olds in some schools may now include safe ways to strangle your partner. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO Fucking NO 😡
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I repeat ANY MAN. No matter what he looks like or how he is dressed. Threat experts also say that we should trust our instincts, they are our in-built safety system. Never suggest, or demand, that anyone should override their instinct. Instinct can save your life.
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Threat experts say that men have no appreciation of the threats women face every day from men. Women’s personal risk assessments are informed by experience, as are men’s. But they are very different. It may be unfortunate, but any man may be perceived as threatening 1/2
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Six years ago I wrote a report of a woman’s a murder in forensic detail. The police said I was wrong and it wasn’t murder. Finally, after years of fighting by her family, every word of my report has been proved as accurate. Police now accept and have apologised to the family.
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If he puts his hands on your throat get out. Get out quick. Get out now.
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The absolute highlight of #IWD2022 for me is being followed back by @jk_rowling
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I’ve just reported a tweet that shows film of a man stabbing a woman repeatedly with a warning to other women to behave. 1.5m views. How is it still up?
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Murder by an ex is a global issue for women. Learn the 8 stages. Here are some tips: * Never go for a ‘last chance’ holiday, coffee, or glass of wine. * Suicide threats to stop you leaving are a threat to you * Don’t trust ‘grand gestures’ to stop you leaving - there will be a
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Femicide is death by misogyny. 87,000 deaths in one year. Why isn’t misogyny a hate crime?
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Can someone who knows about these things, please explain why the women’s hand beachball team must expose so much skin or be fined . Why is that rule there? Why so much skin? What’s the justification? Men don’t have to expose themselves. Really genuinely want to know.
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@PetronellaWyatt It’s a plain business dress!!
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Trigger warning ⚠️ what this woman has to say in this video makes you hit rock bottom
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Just tried to drag my unwilling cat into the house for her breakfast. Finally got her in. Wasn’t my cat 😳
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Good grief they’re talking in the press about a general election looming for 2024. I don’t think I’ll be able to vote. Never felt like this before. Two massive deal-breaker policy positions I can’t get past leaving absolutely no choice. Am I alone?
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It’s not an abusive relationship. It’s when you’re in a relationship with an abuser. Don’t make them invisible through language.
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Can we have some hearts please to send this beautiful boy on his way. Goodnight little Sinbad ❤️❤️❤️
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Do you know why coercive control victims don’t leave? Because there are awful consequences. Do you know why abusers abuse? Because there are NO consequences.
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I’m really worried that known abusers are being given custody of children. If they are proven abusers why on earth would a family court do this?
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In a court somewhere today a serial stalker was remanded because it was believed he was at stage 6 of the timeline and the risk was recognised. How amazing is that!! @suejhaile50 @ACR_Trust @Dontlookback198
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I was asked ‘if you could only give one piece of advice to young women about relationships, what would it be?’. My answer, in bold and underlined… ‘Be very careful who you have children with’ #FamilyCourt #DASuicide #coercivecontrol
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What a fantastic and powerful piece. We should be getting passionate and angry about these killings. They’re increasing. Reeva Steenkamp was murdered. Shame on the BBC for forgetting | Domestic violence | The Guardian
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My estimation for traumatic deaths of women related to male violence and domestic abuse is about 15 per week. We simply don’t know the full scale of this problem because we aren’t identifying or recording all the deaths. #16DaysofActivism
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YES YES YES!!!!!! ‘Rough sex' defence will be banned, says justice minister - BBC News
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I’m honoured to receive an OBE but I work with an outstanding team at @uniofglos @suejhaile50 @stupotwebb @ellis_sarahl Immy, Josmi, Daisy, Amber, Jen, Lucy, Mandy #HRG
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The eight stages research published in @VAWJournal and reported by the BBC has had over a million hits and climbing! We will change the conversations around intimate partner homicide! Over a million hits!!!
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Please stop describing coercive control as emotional abuse. It’s a pattern that can include many abusive tactics including, emotional, sexual and financial abuse, violence, gaslighting, tracking and monitoring, threats, stalking and much more.
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My eldest daughter married on Thursday ���️
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It is ironic that when I was a police officer back in the early eighties I was constantly told that the public prefer a male officer. Now it is suggested we want female officers to attend for safety from male officers. Quite extraordinary.
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I’ve been ticked!
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We have a problem in the policing of violence against women. Some of the tweets I’ve seen today linked to police officers, former police officers, and followed by senior police officers, are revealing exactly what that problem is.
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1000 copies of In Control will be gifted and mailed out to every MP and every CSP at the end of the month along with our campaign letter asking that all DA and stalking deaths are counted and investigated. Support our campaign please #notjustanother
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I realise now I survived the 70s and the 80s. Only just. How dare they defend that era like it was fair or honest. I found this photo at my dad’s house and I want to hug her for what she went through, and thank her for who I am now.
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It’s a repeating and predictable pattern. Learning the danger signs could help.
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Once you see it, you can’t unsee it
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These homicides are just relentless. They’re not spontaneous, and there are danger signs - they just might not be what you expect. This book explains all - the more we know the safer we might be
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Just heard @MattHancock justify £3000 salary increase by saying that govt listen to independent report re this - so why don’t they listen to the independent report about bullying? It’s disingenuous.
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I’m appearing on Newsnight tonight. Talking about domestic homicide and that book.
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They don’t just snap! Fabulous to be in @ObserverUK today talking about domestic homicide
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My dad spent 13 hours sitting in A&E yesterday. They told him he was too ill to go home. My mum took him home. They phoned her and told her to bring him back this morning. He’s still sitting in a wheelchair in A&E desperately poorly. They say he must wait for a bed 😔
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@JMoncktonSmith
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Just started writing a follow up to In Control.
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One of the worst comments I keep hearing is ‘she gave as good as she got’. If you ever say this you don’t understand coercive control and every one will know it.
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Presented the 8 stages to about 90 judges today. Really positive response!! More in November and December #homicidetimeline #8stages
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This man is a police and crime commissioner and I wouldn’t trust him to oversee street parking.
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Instead of simulating the murders of women in photographs, why not fund some of my bereaved families to get justice for their deceased daughters? Now that would be edgy. @Madonna
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I am getting messages from professionals every day telling me how the eight stages have impacted on their work with victims. You’d be surprised how many think they have saved a life. Isn’t that the most wonderful positive thing ❤️
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I have a problem with the phrase ‘treat them as equals’ surely it should be ‘recognise them as equals’.
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It is crucial that professionals can identify coercive control, and understand it. I’m fed up being told it’s a matter of ‘common sense’. It’s not. We’re developing a CC pattern analysis model for professionals. We use it in our cases and it’s helpful.
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Very soon we hope 1000 copies of this book will be sent to MPs, Community Safety Partnerships, police chiefs and coroners. We need change urgently @caitlinmoran @louisetickle
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“Harassment? But she's my wife." And in one comment he gets to the root of DA and CC - the entitlement to do it.
@WalesOnline
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TV presenter's husband controlled and harassed her in chilling years of abuse
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It’s on the front table in ⁦ @Waterstones ⁩ 🥳
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Yes!!!!
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I’ll be on @BBCNewsnight tonight talking about Sarah Everard
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Misogyny is literally killing hundreds of thousands of women and children. What exactly is the problem with calling it out?
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I’ve had enough of the abusive messages tonight. Signing off. See you all tomorrow xx
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Look what I got for Mother’s Day 😎😎
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I have just blocked two @LibDems councillors for misogynistic comments some might deem hate speech. Glad I saw these before the election.
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Just watched Paige Kimberly on @Channel4News talking about how badly she was treated by the Met Police when she complained about a sexist police WhatsApp group. She won her tribunal. Absolutely shameful response by the Met.
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The DA Suicide Timeline was used for the first time this week to argue for protective conditions. This was during a pilot study with Victim Support. It was successful! Fantastic news.
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‘Lily’ died of a self inflicted stab wound according to her abusive ex who was there. A child witness said otherwise. No investigation at the time. Current girlfriend of the ‘ex’ is in a refuge.
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The cases we are looking at right now would shock most people. But not in the way you think, not in the brutality of the deaths, as bad as they are, but in the devastating responses of professionals. Absolutely scandalous. I’m totally burned out this morning.
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This story is a horror show. Don’t tell me we don’t have an issue with male violence against women. This was a lot of men, not just a lone bad apple.
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Man 'who drugged wife so 83 strange men could rape her' to face justice. How he must of hated her to do that. “When his wife was informed of the secret tapes, she broke down & became suicidal, saying: 'I was his thing,' before filing for divorce.”
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I heard today that during lockdown the number of women killed has gone from two a week to five. Patiently trying to convince those with power to do anything is not working. Who will it be next week? A call to action is coming.
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Coercive Control is a pattern designed to entrap someone. All the abuse tactics are to establish, re-establish or maintain control. It is a criminal offence.
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So Colin Pitchfork is being released. Even though he killed and raped two children. Even though he broke his licence conditions and approached children. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?
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This homicide was hidden for over 10 years. Please look out for our campaign starting Saturday that asks for a national count of all domestic abuse related deaths including suicides - and a change in policy for investigating such deaths
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Domestic Abusers - society is sick to death of you. We’ve got enough to deal with.
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Stating that feminine means weak. Rank misogyny. Arrogance. Privilege. Better not continue because I feel the swearing coming on.
@erocdrahs
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Nigel Farage and Tucker Carlson discussing how catching covid had a ‘feminizing effect’ on Boris Johnson
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Out on 4th March!!
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I am so fed up hearing people invalidate abuse by saying things like ‘it’s just a personality clash’ or ‘six of one, half a dozen of the other’ or ‘they’re both as bad as each other’. Abusers hiding in plain sight.
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Yet another hidden homicide today. It’s really starting to affect me. No investigations, no interest, no charges, no care. All cases followed the eight stages. I’m going to blow the lid off this.
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Prof Jane Monckton Smith OBE
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Great News: Funded PhD opportunity to work with me at the University of Gloucestershire looking into press reporting of domestic homicide! Follow this link for more details. Please retweet
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@Hopetraining posted this picture of all the women killed by a man since Sarah Everards murder. Thanks to the work of @K_IngalaSmith we know this, but there are more that haven’t been counted.
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I can’t help drawing comparisons between Trump’s behaviour when he was rejected by America in the election and the perp cycle of domestic abuse. He is in stage 7 and it seemed the authorities couldn’t or wouldn’t stop it until it was too late
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Prof Jane Monckton Smith OBE
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For those who think that research into child homicides should be done for free - I’m already at capacity with pro bono research and consultancy into homicides. The Homicide Timeline was self funded research. The Hidden homicides the same. So off you go.
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Watching the report on news around the murders by Stephen Port. Why won’t police investigate suspicious deaths? Why won’t they listen? My hidden homicide study is full of cases where police WILL NOT LISTEN. They are supposed to follow ALL reasonable lines of enquiry.
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Don’t be fooled. If there’s stalking after a separation: Never go for a last chance holiday, drink etc They’re not safe just because there’s a new girlfriend Grand gestures come with a price. #HomicideTimeline #8Stages
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DA is not about ‘social work’ it involves some of the most dangerous people in society, with links to many forms of homicide and violence, including mass murder. Take a forensic approach and open your eyes.
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We really must change the conversations around domestic homicides. So many dangerous myths. This book takes you through the Homicide Timeline step by step - as used by professionals
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One thing I am sure of is that this wasn’t a spontaneous argument about oven chips. Yvonne McCann murder: Killer dumped his wife's body 'like garbage' - BBC News
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WTF! It’s way past time to take intimate partner homicide seriously. Take a forensic approach and STOP seeing this violence as a crime of passion or an argument. Learn the 8 stages.
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So many armchair ‘experts’ today getting it wrong about mass homicide.
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Working on a cold case for police today. They’re going to arrest him. Fingers crossed 🤞 #hiddenhomicide
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Updated my profile 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
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A great piece of advice I heard was ‘if someone is not listening, you should stop talking’. I use it all the time now.
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