Understanding Institutional Systems Abuse in Systemic Coercive Control

Extending Understanding about How Institutional Systems Abuse occurs in Intimate Partner Violence: working against harmful responses

This workshop aims to increase family violence responders’ understanding of Institutional Systems Abuse (ISA) in the context of Systemic Coercive Control (SCC).

Learning outcomes are guided through Jacki’s conceptual model of being Informed, Applied, and Accountable.

The training unveils the mechanics of systems abuse by presenting doctoral research findings that offer a deeper understanding of how systems abuse takes place within institutional responses.

Key Learnings Include:

- Understanding Systems Abuse and Institutional Systems Abuse, and the various tactics used within these abuse forms

- Informed – Reflects on models of understanding and offers a deconstruction of Social Entrapment Theory, moving beyond the framing of institutional harm as inadvertent or indifferent

- Applied – Based on doctoral research, this section introduces pathways of harmful responses, including:

- Accountable – Takes a closer look at our ethical responsibilities as responders—to ourselves and to others.