Emma Katz

Emma Katz is a UK-based domestic violence researcher. Katz has contributed to policy and popular cultural discussion on coercive control, in particular in the UK, the United States, and Australia.

Policy YearBody/jurisdictionDocumentCited contribution(s)2016Parliament of VictoriaRoyal Commission into Family Violence, Volume II: Report and RecommendationsKatz 2014 Concept of mothers and children as potential "promoters" of each other's recoveries from domestic violence. HM Government, Department for EducationPathways to Harm, Pathways to Protection: A Triennial Analysis of Serious Case Reviews 2011 to 2014Katz 2016a Concept of coercive control as ongoing as opposed to incident-based. 2017Australian Government, Department of Social ServicesFathers Who Use Violence: Options for Safe Practice Where There Is Ongoing Contact With ChildrenEvidence that men who use "tactics of abuse" against their partners may also use the same tactics against their children. 2019Welsh ParliamentBriefing submitted by Children in Wales, NSPCC Wales and Welsh Women's Aid to cross-party group on Children and Young People / Violence against Women and ChildrenKatz 2016b Definition of the impacts of coercive control on children. 2020Northern Ireland AssemblyBriefing submitted by NSPCC Northern Ireland in response to call for evidence from Committee for Justice on Domestic Abuse and Family Proceedings Bill Katz 2019 Examples of children's experiences of domestic abuse and disclosure; evidence that a strong relationship with the parent victim improves children's chances of recovery. HM Government, Ministry of JusticeLiterature review for Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases: Final Report Katz 2016a

Katz was a member of the expert advisory panel for Research England's Domestic Abuse Policy Guidance for UK Universities 2021.

Publications

Coercive Control in Children’s and Mothers’ Lives (Oxford University Press, 2022).

She has also written for the academic journal Child Abuse Review.

Award nominations

Media In March 2020 Katz's research was cited in a Guardian article by Jess Hill on the murder of Hannah Clarke in Brisbane, Australia. In the same month Katz featured in an ITV News report on the Coronation Street coercive control storyline involving the characters Yasmeen Nazir and Geoff Metcalfe.

In November 2022 an article published on the Bristol Cable news website included quotes from Katz criticising the use of parental alienation counter-accusations by parents accused of domestic violence or child abuse in family courts.

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