In 2020, calls to defund the police echoed a longstanding argument in critical criminology in favour of police abolition. Academics who support abolition promote activism over collaboration. But as ...

As of June 2024, Bill C-332 is at its second reading in Canada’s Senate, following its third reading in the House of Commons. Introduced by NDP MP Laurel Collins, Bill C-332 is an amendment to the ...

Ulster University has launched its coercive control campaign — called Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes — with the hopes of ...

Anishinabek police have launched an awareness campaign on coercive control, citing warning signs like isolation and financial control. Initiative follows rise in life-threatening assaults, including ...

A former Ulster Unionist councillor has said police must “engage” with paramilitaries to bring an end to rioting in Belfast, ...

Sometimes people are too smart by half and unfortunately attempt to use the domestic violence system as a sword. In 2009, I wrote on this blog a post entitled The Abuse and Misuse of the Domestic ...

Older Australians are facing hidden and often unrecognised forms of coercive control, with new research showing that systems meant to protect them are sometimes being used to manipulate or isolate ...

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 ...

Legislation on coercive control often focuses on women and children in domestic violence situations but fails to recognise ...

In 2020, calls to defund the police echoed a longstanding argument in critical criminology in favor of police abolition. When faced with shifting priorities, police forces may lack the research ...