Season 1 Episode 13: Mapping Domestic Violence Perpetrators’ Use of the COVID-19 Pandemic to Increase Coercive Control
About This Episode
In this episode Ruth and David outline an emerging checklist for professionals and families to help them map perpetrators’ patterns of behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and our social response.
The episode includes discussion of:
How to avoid colluding with perpetrators who are using the pandemic as an excuse for their behaviors
Things to consider when you are assessing for increased danger, including changes in the perpetrator’s anxiety, depression, and substance abuse
Survivors’ vulnerabilities that the perpetrator may be using against them
How to continue to focus on survivors’ protective efforts
How to continue to partner with survivors in the current environment
Additional Resources
Safe & Together Institute’s domestic abuse–informed trainings
Safe & Together Institute’s upcoming events
David Mandel’s book Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to Transform the Way We Keep Children Safe from Domestic Violence