But increasingly, some of the most dangerous abuse leaves no visible mark. It lives in a phone. Or a smartwatch. Or a shared ...

IF we want to stop violence against women, we need to build a society with true zero tolerance, a charity boss has warned. It ...

As a Latino pastor raised in Puerto Rico, I did not encounter Christian nationalism in the U.S., although this is where I ...

The former sponsor of a bill that would criminalize coercive control says he will reintroduce the bill after it failed to ...

Everyone wants a measure of control over their own lives. But controlling people also want to have a say in the lives of others. When you’re on the receiving end of controlling behavior, it can make ...

Some states are banking on the idea that you can stop domestic violence even before it leads to blows. The controversial, fledgling approach to domestic violence prosecution wants to make family ...

As Bill C-16 — the Protecting Victims Act — moves through Parliament, advocates are raising concerns that the proposed laws could leave some of the most vulnerable older adults unprotected. It comes ...

This post is intended to support clinicians in understanding the lived experiences of children exposed to coercive control, describe how coercive controllers manipulate children into compliance, ...

England and Wales pioneered the criminalisation of coercive control, but it doesn’t apply outside of intimate or family relationships. Why stop there? When Rachael Reign finally left her relationship ...

Coercive control rarely starts with a bruise. It begins with isolation, humiliation, surveillance and fear. By the time violence becomes visible, it has already inflicted profound harm. Across Canada, ...

Ten years after coercive control became a criminal offence, charges for this hidden form of domestic abuse continue to rise – signalling a decade of real progress in recognising psychological harm and ...

Horry County Senator Stephen Goldfinch recently introduced a bill aimed at criminalizing coercive control in South Carolina. In April, Goldfinch sponsored S.588 to create the offense of coercive ...