How Omissions Aren’t Special

Journal article

The article analyses the expression “psychological violence” to facilitate discussions on its relevance to criminal law. The analysis considers the use of this expression and others related to it in various contexts, seeking thereafter to discern the meaning of it by applying it to close relationships as a particularly relevant case. When related to physical violence, psychological violence proves to be not so much one additional and specific form of violence. Rather, it covers a broad range of more specific violations, and works as a way for us to look, in certain contexts, at the broader scene over these specific violations as to capture the ways individuals may harm each other. At the same time, the analysis shows the context-dependency and need for specification of psychological violence, suggesting that a general criminalisation of it may not be adequate

Authors: Greasley, K

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Springer
• Journal: Criminal Law and Philosophy
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 121-134
• Publication date: 2023-12-16
• Acceptance date: 2023-12-03
• DOI: 10.1007/s11572-023-09711-6
• EISSN: 1871-9805
• ISSN: 1871-9791
• Language: English
• Keywords: Philosophy of law; Law and economics; Political science; Epistemology; Law; Philosophy; Sociology; Public law