Ex-driver for Gerry Adams and an informer accused of trying to buy a baby among those facing new legal action ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of Parliament have voted unanimously to criminalize coercive control, a pattern of behaviour that can perpetuate domestic ...

Three victim-survivors of coercive control have shared their stories to help others spot the signs and act. The Northamptonshire Serious Violence Prevention Partnership (NSVPP) said the "It's Not Love ...

You don’t even own the inside of your head.’ ...

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 ...

-Among people who experienced coercive control, close to 42.9 % also report physical violence — meaning controlling behavior often precedes or accompanies more overt assault (according to PMC).

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 ...

Yet coercive control — defined as a sustained pattern of behaviour that gradually instils fear and strips a partner of their autonomy — remains its least recognised form. Unlike physical violence, it ...

A 59-year-old woman has been charged with controlling coercive behaviour and assault by beating, Exeter Magistrates’ Court ...