A recent study published in Sex Roles suggests that the general public often underestimates the dangers of controlling ...

The legislative recognition of coercive control as a criminal offence marks a decisive turning point in the fight against intimate partner violence and the protection of victims. However, the creation ...

I’ve been a facilitator of Recovery Groups for Women with Controlling Partners since 1993. In that time, I've observed over 1,000 women address their relationships, identify similar coercive tactics, ...

Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms controlling individuals use to keep their partners silent and disempowered. When we think of an unhealthy relationship, we often ...

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The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological and financial abuse that leaves no scars but is equally harmful. New York ...

It often begins with controlling behaviour creating fear, intimidation and isolation. Australia's domestic violence scourge has already claimed the lives of 18 women and several children this year. At ...

At least three decades of research on the intersection of substance use with domestic and family violence consistently shows the frequency, severity and impact of violence increases in the context of ...