Coercive control almost always accompanies intimate partner violence (IPV), but IPV doesn’t need to accompany coercive control to effectively gain power and dominance over an intimate partner.

Writing for HuffPost UK, solicitor general Ellie Reeves MP says the law has transformed the way violence against women and ...

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...

The murder of a girlfriend following sexual refusal represents an extreme and disturbing form of interpersonal violence .

-Nearly half of all women and men in the U.S. report psychological aggression by an intimate partner over their lives (according to the CDC). -Among people who experienced coercive control, close to ...

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WORCESTER — It can start with a critical comment about someone’s attire or their choice of friends, intense questions about work or social plans, behaviors that may be appear innocent but can escalate ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - A bill in the South Carolina Senate would further define and make what’s known as “coercive control” a crime in the state. S. 588, filed Tuesday by Republican Sen. Stephen ...

When Colleen DeLeo of Worcester learned Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill that defined coercive control as a form of domestic abuse, she said she broke down in tears. DeLeo, 41, told MassLive she is a ...