Writing for HuffPost UK, solicitor general Ellie Reeves MP says the law has transformed the way violence against women and girls is tackled in the last decade.

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 ...

The family justice system is systematically misrecognising intimate image abuse within coercively controlling relationships, ...

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 — ...

The R. Kelly case of alleged sexual exploitation, violence, and coercive control raises complex questions for most of us—as well as the judge and jury. People may wonder how R. Kelly managed to ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms ...

The UK was the first country in the world to criminalise coercive control. So why are we still not paying attention to this insidious form of violence? We were in the smoking area, a place where ...

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Laws criminalizing coercive control came into force in New South Wales (NSW), Australia on Monday. Section 54D of the NSW’s Crimes Act 1900 criminalizes coercive conduct and abusive behavior against ...

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 ...