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 ...

Picture this: a man calls his partner an “OCD freak” at a barbecue, then plucks the small coin she keeps in her pocket for comfort and flips it into the river. The friends laugh. She freezes.

The domestic violence field lost an important advocate with the passing of Andrew Cicchetti, Ph.D., in November 2024. Below are some of his ideas, with quotes taken from our personal correspondence, ...

Television plays a central role in shaping cultural attitudes towards relationships. On reality TV, we encounter behaviour ...

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women ...

Jane* was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances. Every week, he made her present a ledger of their income and expenses. If something was not to his liking ...

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, Queensland and ...

It has been 10 years since coercive control became a criminal offence in England and Wales, but it can still be hard to ...

The topic of coercive control is one that rightfully has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years. It is coming up more and more as part of custody cases. Moreover, in January of 2024, New ...