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, ...

Hannah Clarke and Doreen Langham were subject to an ongoing pattern of control before being killed by their partners.

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 ...

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 is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. On April 27, 2024, ...

Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms controlling individuals use to keep their partners silent and disempowered. When we think of an unhealthy relationship, we often ...

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 ...

Coercive control is now considered domestic violence in New Jersey, according to bill signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Phil Murphy. Courts must now consider patterns of coercive control — ...

About a month ago, I blogged about the first reported Appellate Division decision since the Domestic Violence statute was amended, to include consideration of coercive control when considering the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Providing provocative views on racism, pop culture, and mental health. The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial -- charging the music mogul ...

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 ...