Coercive control laws give important attention to intimate partner abuse, providing protection to survivors in 10 states. Psychological abuse, even more harmful, is not included.

In relationships, control varies from mild to abusive to coercive control. When it’s mild, it can be helpful or annoying. When it’s abusive or coercive, it can be damaging. Control varies in pattern, ...

Coercive control is a daily reality for thousands of women across the country. It’s time to stand up and speak out for their safety ...

New allegations about Ethan Coetzee's controlling behaviour towards Cameron Waldeck-Cooks have sparked a wider conversation ...

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...

Men who use coercive control are more likely to kill their partner and extend their control to conceal her murder as a suicide or accident. QUT criminologists Dr. Claire Ferguson and Dr. Freya ...

A contestant on the hit relationship show has been arrested on suspicion of coercive and controlling behavior. George Roberts, 40, was arrested while Married at First Sight is still airing, The Sun ...

Since the Equitable Distribution Law, New York Domestic Relations Law (DRL) §236B became effective on July 19, 1980, the divorce and family law bar has seen the development and expansion of the ...

According to new research, 42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control. The study, published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly half of respondents ...

A new report from Northern Ireland suggests that fewer than one in six 16-year-old girls have heard of coercive control and understand what it is. Coercive control is an action, or pattern of actions ...

This story contains examples of domestic violence, coercive control, and gender-based violence. Recent changes to Canada's Criminal Code have criminalized coercive control, a pattern of behaviour in ...

Coercive control will become a standalone criminal offence in Queensland, under historic proposed laws introduced by the Palaszczuk government on Wednesday. Coercive control is described as a pattern ...