The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has marked significant strides in tackling domestic abuse with a noticeable rise in both ...

Coercive control almost always accompanies intimate partner violence (IPV), but IPV doesn’t need to accompany coercive control to effectively gain power and dominance over an intimate partner.

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Coauthored with Pamela J. Miller, JD., MSW. Coercive control and the severe abuse professionals refer to as “torture” can occur in intimate partner relationships and also in parent-child relationships ...

Linda Dubrow-Marshall PhD is a counselling and clinical psychologist (HCPC registered) and co-founded the Re-Entry Therapy, Information and Referral Network (RETIRN/UK) which offers advice and ...

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Katy Mullin receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council ("Coercive Control: From Literature into Law", an AHRC Research Network). Hannah Roche receives funding from the Arts and ...

Imagine a hostage situation. A woman is trapped in her home, and her life and the lives of her family members depend on how well she obeys her captor’s commands. A hostage negotiator calls and asks if ...

If you’ve been online much over the last few weeks, you may have seen the words “coercive control,” “boundaries,” and “therapy speak” doing the rounds. The conversation was instigated by Jonah Hill’s ...

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Laws criminalizing coercive control came into force in New South Wales (NSW), Australia on Monday. Section 54D of the NSW’s Crimes Act 1900 criminalizes coercive conduct and abusive behavior against ...