#mhTV episode 99 - The Panopticon Effect: Understanding the impact of technology on coercive control

Welcome to episode 99 [originally broadcast on Thursday 21 June 2022] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and David Munday spoke with guest Dr Tirion Havard about 'The Panopticon Effect: Understanding the impact of technology on coercive control'. TH - I am an Associate Professor in the Social Work department and research focuses on Violence Against Women and Girls, specifically coercive control, technological abuse child criminal exploitation and the intersection between these three. I was once a probation officer and worked with perpetrators of domestic abuse and gang members. I now use this knowledge to inform my research with women survivors of abuse. I appeared on the BBC documentary ‘Hidden Girls’. I was recently the Principal Investigator for a Home Office funded feasibility project investigating the suitability of Artificial Intelligence to identify perpetrators of coercive control through text messages and other data held on mobile phones. I am currently evaluating a Serious Youth Violence Intervention and Prevention project at Kent County Council and the use of Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVA) in Surrey hospitals. I recently secured funding from the Nuffield Foundation/British Academy to use Arts based Transformative Justice approaches to re-integrate women with convictions into their local communities. I have had the pleasure of working alongside The Mayor’s Office London (MOPAC) assisting them with their VAWG strategy and with English Parliament advising them on coercive control tech abuse and how it relates to domestic abuse and criminal exploitation of women and girls. Some links to follow: Transformative Justice Women With Convictions And Uniting Communities: https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/transformative-justice-women-with-convictions-and-uniting-communities Street Gangs and Coercive Control: The gendered exploitation of young women and girls in county lines: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F17488958211051513. Hidden Girls (on BBC iPlayer): https://www.bbc.co.uk/ip