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In Control: Dangerous Relationships and How They End in Murder by Jane Monckton-Smith
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
An extremely interesting and important book, showing how control and coercion can lead to abuse and murder.
As mentioned quite a few times in the book, society needs to stop excusing the perpetrators and blaming victims. It is time to realise that the "crime of passion" is a myth, that domestic abuse is a heinous crime, that coercive control leaves people (predominantly women and children) live in constant fear.
As mentioned quite a few times in the book, society needs to stop excusing the perpetrators and blaming victims. It is time to realise that the "crime of passion" is a myth, that domestic abuse is a heinous crime, that coercive control leaves people (predominantly women and children) live in constant fear.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail