Domestic violence charity Women’s Aid is highlighting the effects of coercive control in a new print and out-of-home campaign, "Not model's own", which subverts the style of a fashion campaign to ...

The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological ...

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 ...

Domestic violence (also known as intimate partner violence) is experienced by over 10 million adults in the United States each year; 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men experience sexual violence, physical ...

Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms controlling individuals use to keep their partners silent and disempowered. When we think of an unhealthy relationship, we often ...

It might not be as obvious as physical abuse, but it’s equally as destructive. You know that awkward moment when you’re listening to a crime podcast about a brutal murder and you think, “F***, some of ...

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This week, the trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the blood-testing company Theranos, begins in San Jose, California. She faces federal charges of fraud and conspiracy and a potential 20-year ...

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 ...

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