Writing for HuffPost UK, solicitor general Ellie Reeves MP says the law has transformed the way violence against women and ...

Just two people have been sentenced under landmark new coercive control laws in five months, with more than 150 victims still ...

Coercive control was written into U.K. law as a crime in 2015, referring to a form of abuse that occurs within a family or intimate partnerships. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of ...

42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control, according to new research released this week. The study, published in Wiley Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly ...

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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 ...

An emotionally abusive relationship can become evident during couple's therapy. Helping a victim find safety and rebuild their sense of self is key.

More than 50 charges of coercive control have been laid in the six months since it was criminalised in Queensland, but advocates and legal experts believe more training is needed to better identify ...

One of the first men to be charged and sentenced under Queensland’s coercive control laws has faced court for emotionally abusing his mother.

Coercive control creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a survivor’s life. It works to limit their human rights by depriving them of their liberty and reducing ...

The federal government has introduced a major justice reform bill that would create new criminal offences targeting coercive control in intimate relationships, add “femicide” to the Criminal Code and ...