PhD candidate, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge

Sarah Woodward is undertaking doctoral research into narratives of coercive and controlling behaviour across contemporary culture. Her work examines the characteristics of these narratives, and their relationship with definitions of, and policy on, coercive control in existing and developing legislation across the world. The research considers the implications of these relationships both in terms of understanding victim testimony, and of advising criminal justice agencies in gathering evidence for this crime.