Domestic abuse has a higher rate of repeat offending than any other crime and encompasses a vast range of behaviours. While society immediately recognises some of these actions as abuse, other types ...

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 ...

New research shows children who experience coercive control from parents often believe it is normal parental discipline, making help-seeking particularly difficult.

Domestic abuse isn’t just physical. People can be subject to assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation that is used to punish or frighten them – this is known as coercive control. Coercive ...

UPDATE: This story has been updated to remove allegations that could not be immediately verified. BOSTON (SHNS) – Domestic abuse victims could gain expanded protections — namely, securing a ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs' trial outcome might have shifted if the jury had understood "coercive control." His lawyers admitted domestic abuse but denied trafficking, obscuring a pattern of control. Experts ...

Bruises and broken bones aren’t the only signs of domestic abuse. Subjects of psychologically coercive behavior also carry similar scars, ones that can inflict the same pain. As one alleged victim ...