What is economic justice?
Put simply, economic justice represents action taken to acknowledge and repair (through reparation) economic harm resulting from abuse.
Background
Into Plain Sight
Into Plain Sight
Nicola Sharp-Jeffs has led work monitoring news reports on successful prosecutions of Controlling or Coercive Behaviour (CCB) since December 2015 when the offence was introduced via section 76 of the Serious Crime Act. Nicola recognised that the CCB offence brought economic abuse into plain sight for the first time.
Into Plain Sight
Into Plain Sight
Into Plain Sight
In 2017, Nicola worked with Sarah Learmonth to publish the first analysis of how often economic abuse featured within news reports of successful CCB prosecutions and in what ways. Into Plain Sight found that economic abuse was reported in 60% of cases. This finding underpinned the call to name and define economic abuse in the Domestic Abuse Act (2021).
Seen Yet Sidelined
Seen Yet Sidelined
Seen Yet Sidelined
Nicola worked on an updated analysis in 2023 alongside Kathryn Royal and Keith Gibson. Seen Yet Sidelined found that nearly two-thirds (64%) of reported cases referenced at least one form of economic abuse - broadly consistent with the 2017 findings. It also found that compensation orders were made in just 2% of cases.
Upcoming report
Seen Yet Sidelined
Seen Yet Sidelined
A second update report will be published with support from Clare Laxton in spring/summer 2026. It will capture how economic abuse featured in successful prosecutions of the CCB Offence in the first ten years of its operation (December 2015 – December 2025) and explore the conditions needed for restoration.
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