https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0029395
I think this documentary should be played to all women and girls contemplating entering a new relationship with a man, especially one they hardly know, or worrying about the controlling/violent/obsessive behaviour of a man from an existing or previous relationship. If this is you, or you're worried about a friend or relative or colleague, please do try to listen. It's very clear and not too long. It's not an easy listen, because of the subject matter, but this is so important.
Professor Jane Monckton-Smith talks through her research on the eight steps that lead up to femicide, i.e. a woman being murdered by a man. She covers controlling and coercive behaviour and stalking. The whole thing is illustrated by a tragic case that happened in Northern Ireland in 2017. This is the blurb from BBC Sounds about the programme.
At least two women are murdered every week in the UK in a domestic abuse situation. Newspapers often call it a crime of passion. ‘He lost control’. But what if that’s not true? What if there was a blueprint that, if recognised, could save a woman’s life? The Homicide Timeline contains eight stages that track the escalation of a controlling relationship from before a couple even meet right up to homicide. Families often say “I wish I’d known”. This programme will tell them the signs to look out for so that they do know, and can stop it.