Domestic abuse has a higher rate of repeat offending than any other crime and encompasses a vast range of behaviours. While society immediately recognises some of these actions as abuse, other types ...

New research shows children who experience coercive control from parents often believe it is normal parental discipline, making help-seeking particularly difficult.

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 ...

Awareness Month was established in 1987 to connect advocates and communities across the nation. In 1989, Congress designated October to raise awareness and education on this issue which impacts ...

UPDATE: This story has been updated to remove allegations that could not be immediately verified. BOSTON (SHNS) – Domestic abuse victims could gain expanded protections — namely, securing a ...

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 ...

When it comes to tackling abuse and violence against women and girls (VAWG), it's clear there's still a lot of work to be done, especially when it comes to ensuring non-physical forms of abuse are ...