Emma Katz

Emma Katz is a UK-based domestic violence researcher.[1][2] 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)
2016Victoria (state)Parliament of VictoriaRoyal Commission into Family Violence, Volume II: Report and RecommendationsKatz 2014[3]Concept of mothers and children as potential "promoters" of each other's recoveries from domestic violence.[4]
United KingdomHM Government, Department for EducationPathways to Harm, Pathways to Protection: A Triennial Analysis of Serious Case Reviews 2011 to 2014Katz 2016a[5]Concept of coercive control as ongoing as opposed to incident-based.[6]
2017AustraliaAustralian 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.[7]
2019WalesWelsh ParliamentBriefing submitted by Children in Wales, NSPCC Wales and Welsh Women's Aid to cross-party group[8] on Children and Young People / Violence against Women and ChildrenKatz 2016b[9]Definition of the impacts of coercive control on children.[10]
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[11]Katz 2019[12]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.[13]
United KingdomHM Government, Ministry of JusticeLiterature review for Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases: Final Report[14]Katz 2016a[5]General findings – referenced/paraphrased in sections 1.2, 4.4, 5.2, 5.2.1, and 6.3.[15]

Katz was a member of the expert advisory panel for Research England's Domestic Abuse Policy Guidance for UK Universities 2021.[16]

Award nominations
YearOrganisationWorkAwardResultRef.
2016United StatesUnited KingdomWileyKatz 2016a[5]Wiley Best Paper Prize[lower-alpha 1]Won[18]
European Union AustriaWomen Against Violence EuropeCorinna Seith AwardWon[19]
2022United KingdomClear Path UK Awards[20]HerselfCycle Breaker AwardWon[21]

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.[22] 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.[23] 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.[2]

Footnotes
  1. Awarded to papers of "high quality and impact" published in the journal Child Abuse Review.[17]

References
  1. Hunt, Amy (15 February 2022). "What is coercive control? We asked domestic abuse experts how to spot the signs". GoodtoKnow. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. Ward, James (2 November 2022). "Inside the family court, where justice and trauma collide". The Bristol Cable. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. Katz, Emma (September 2014). Strengthening Mother–Child Relationships as Part of Domestic Violence Recovery (PDF) (Report). University of Edinburgh – Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) Briefing No. Vol. 72. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  4. Parliament of Victoria (March 2016). Royal Commission into Family Violence, Volume II: Report and Recommendations (PDF) (Report). p. 138n475. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. Katz, Emma (2016). "Beyond the Physical Incident Model: How Children Living with Domestic Violence are Harmed By and Resist Regimes of Coercive Control". Child Abuse Review. 25 (1): 46–59. doi:10.1002/car.2422.
  6. Sidebotham, Peter; Brandon, Marian; Bailey, Sue; Belderson, Pippa; Dodsworth, Jane; Garstang, Jo; Harrison, Elizabeth; Retzer, Ameeta; Sorensen, Penny (May 2016). Pathways to Harm, Pathways to Protection: A Triennial Analysis of Serious Case Reviews 2011 to 2014 (PDF) (Report). HM Government, Department for Education. p. 82. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. Humphreys, Cathy; Campo, Monica (2017). Fathers Who Use Violence: Options for Safe Practice Where There Is Ongoing Contact With Children (PDF) (Report). Australian Institute of Family Studies – Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) Paper No. Vol. 43. Australian Government, Department of Social Services. p. 6, box 2. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  8. "Cross-Party Groups". Senedd Cymru/Welsh Parliament. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. Katz, Emma (28 January 2016). Coercive Control-Based Domestic Abuse: Impacts on Mothers and Children (PDF). AVA Seminar on Coercive Control: Using the Legislation. London: AVA: Against Violence and Abuse. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  10. Children in Wales; NSPCC Wales; Welsh Women's Aid (February 2019). Briefing for the joint CPG on Violence against Women and Children and CPG on Children and Young People – domestic abuse: its impact on children, services in Wales and what we're calling for (PDF) (Report). p. 1n4. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  11. "Domestic Abuse and Civil Proceedings Bill". Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  12. Katz, Emma (2019). "Coercive Control, Domestic Violence, and a Five-Factor Framework: Five Factors That Influence Closeness, Distance, and Strain in Mother–Child Relationships". Violence Against Women. 25 (15): 1829–1853. doi:10.1177/1077801218824998.
  13. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Northern Ireland. NSPCC in Northern Ireland Briefing for Health Committee on the Domestic Abuse and Family Proceedings Bill (Report). Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  14. Hunter, Rosemary; Burton, Mandy; Trinder, Liz (June 2020). Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases: Final Report (PDF) (Report). HM Government, Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  15. Barnett, Adrienne (2020). Domestic Abuse and Private Law Children Cases: A Literature Review (PDF) (Report). Ministry of Justice Analytical Series. HM Government, Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  16. Domestic Abuse Policy Guidance for UK Universities 2021 (PDF) (Report). Research England; Honour Abuse Research Matrix (HARM), University of Central Lancashire, UK. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  17. Child Abuse Review. "News". Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  18. Sidebotham, Peter (29 June 2018). "Child Abuse Review: Rising to new heights with our 2017 Impact Factor". Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  19. "18th WAVE Conference: "Step up!Europe – unite to end violence against women and their children, 19th–21st of October 2016, Berlin Germany: Draft programme 23. September 2016" (PDF). Weisblatt & Associés. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  20. "CLEAR PATH UK AWARDS". Clear Path UK. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
  21. Clear Path UK [@Clear_PathUK] (10 October 2022). "CONGRATULATIONS to our incredible winners of the Clear Path UK Awards 2022!!!" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 October 2022 – via Twitter.
  22. Hill, Jess (14 March 2020). "Children and family law: 'How can you share parenting with an abusive parent?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  23. "The reality of coercive control". ITV Granada. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.


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