In Control

Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder

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In Control

By: Jane Monckton Smith

Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister

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Bloomsbury presents In Control by Jane Monckton-Smith, read by Gabrielle Glaister.

Groundbreaking' OBSERVER
'Blows assumptions about abusive relationships out of the water' CAITLIN MORAN
'Offers a strategy for intervention that would save lives' INDEPENDENT

Every four days in the UK, a woman is killed by her partner or ex-partner – and in the past year, domestic abuse has become an epidemic.

For thirty years, Jane Monckton Smith has been fighting to change this. A former police officer and internationally renowned professor of public protection, she has developed her ground-breaking research into an eight-stage homicide timeline, laying out identifiable stages in which coercive relationships can escalate to violence and murder.

Drawing on disciplines including psychology, sociology and law, Monckton Smith talks to victims, their families and killers to piece together the hows and whys of abuse – while shining a searching light onto the society and media that allow it to thrive.(P)2021 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Jane Monckton SmithGabrielle GlaisterBloomsbury Publishing

Abuse

Crime

Domestic Partner Abuse

Dysfunctional Families

Dysfunctional Relationships

Parenting & Families

Personal Development

Relationships

Social Sciences

Murder

Inspiring

Thought-Provoking

Abuse Crime Domestic Partner Abuse Dysfunctional Families Dysfunctional Relationships Parenting & Families Personal Development Relationships Social Sciences Murder Inspiring Thought-Provoking

Critic reviews

Blow assumptions about relationships out of the water . . . A game-changer (Caitlin Moran)

Shocking, frank, and very, very necessary. (Sam Baker)

A powerful book that offers a strategy for intervention that would save lives

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This book is probably the best book I’ve read and listened to. It is very educational and dispels with the common myth of the red mist. In fact it is very scary in places and Jane gives us lots of true life examples. This book ought be be given to all police and to members of the judiciary as they have the power to save the lives of the women in these dire situations . A not much talked about subject is brought out in the open for us all too understand why it starts and how the women cannot just leave.