Some states are banking on the idea that you can stop domestic violence even before it leads to blows. The controversial, fledgling approach to domestic violence prosecution wants to make family ...

Advocates have welcomed a bill that will criminalise ‘coercive control’ in the ACT. Introduced in the legislative assembly ...

A landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada has introduced new language to speak about — and seek legal compensation ...

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.

New laws designed to strengthen family violence protections in Tasmania include an extension to the statutory limitation ...

Just 10 people have been sentenced in the first year of landmark coercive control laws while more than 350 victims wait for ...

There's no shortage of discussion over the impending New York trial of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs. One phrase you won't hear during the legal process? "Coercive control." Combs was arrested in ...

When Stephanie* called the police to report coercive control, she says she was told it was "too hard too prove" and it was ...

A woman who was harassed by a former garda said she was “met with silence” after making a complaint about his behaviour to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC). Paul Moody (46) harassed his ...

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 ...