In relationships, control varies from mild to abusive to coercive control. When it’s mild, it can be helpful or annoying. When it’s abusive or coercive, it can be damaging. Control varies in pattern, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Channel 4 documentary about Marilyn Manson features a number of women alleging he subjected them to physical, sexual and ...

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW and Queensland ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

Intimate partner abuse, termed in the legal realm as coercive control, has been recognized by 10 states making coercive control illegal. However, some differences exist with what the coercive control ...

According to new research, 42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control. The study, published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly half of respondents ...

It is long-standing law in Massachusetts that the best interests of a child govern custody disputes. Said another way, when parents cannot agree and the court has to make custody and parenting time ...

Jenny Rudd reveals how she recognised coercive control and turned her painful experience into a tool to help others.

The Victorian parliament has launched a long-overdue inquiry into abuse and coercive control within cults and religious fringe groups. It is a welcome acknowledgement of the damage that can flourish ...

A West Australian mother has shared how she withdrew $10,000 to ‘pay for our freedom’ and escape a toxic 16-year relationship.