Deborah Powney. Men as victims of coercive control. Deborah engages with this controversial topic.

Deborah Powney is a lecturer in Criminal Justice and a final year PhD Candidate specialising in recovery and growth in female and male victims of intimate partner abuse, domestic violence and coercive control.  Having a particular focus on male victims, she has conducted two international studies throughout the pandemic to investigate the types, levels and impact of the abuse experienced by men across the world. A survivor of partner abuse herself, she prides herself on being an evidence-based researcher and therefore asserts that abuse is not a gendered issue.  She also explains the intrinsic similarity of a chocolate muffin and chocolate fudge cake and its relevance for critical thinking theory.