Control varies relationships from mild, codependent control, to abusive to coercive control. Learn to identify the ...

Family members of Elizabeth Sider have said she was "indoctrinated" by her husband's family after the couple married when she ...

Coercive control refers to a pattern of controlling behaviors that create an unequal power dynamic in a relationship. These behaviors give the perpetrator power over their partner, making it difficult ...

CONTROLLING men are using technology to monitor their partners and make it even harder for them to escape, campaigners have ...

It is long-standing law in Massachusetts that the best interests of a child govern custody disputes. Said another way, when parents cannot agree and the court has to make custody and parenting time ...

Elder abuse is to be made a specific criminal offence by Government, with the new laws targeting the coercive control of seniors by their children or relatives. There has been an alarming rise in ...

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 ...

As a criminal justice professor, my students and I tend to delve into many unsettling topics; intimate partner abuse (also called domestic violence) is one of them. One simple question that many ...

Brenda Ottenbreit has felt the harm caused by coercive control. It's why she's fought so hard to see it criminalized. Now, ...