The Elder Justice Coalition, a new ad hoc group of organizations, plans to unite the group’s voices and push for criminal law ...
Criminalizing coercive behaviour in relationships NDP propose bill to keep women safe from domestic abuse. CTV London’s Bryan Bicknell says this would extend further than physical abuse.
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 ...
Coercive control is a type of psychological abuse and a pattern of behaviour that runs through many abusive relationships. Here's how to recognize it.
A local domestic violence prevention group is lobbying the federal government to include coercive or controlling behaviour in their definition of violence within intimate relationships. Andrea ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lisa Fontes’s ex-boyfriend never punched her, or pulled her hair. But he hacked into her computer, installed a spy cam in her bedroom and subtly distanced her from her friends and family. Still, she ...
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 ...