Coercive Control: Emerging Legislation, Expert Testimony, and Family Law

The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological and financial abuse that leaves no scars but is equally harmful. New York ...

The Brave Pen Launches Lyndal Ash’s Coercive-Control Mini-Memoir as Catalyst for Global Domestic Violence Advocacy

The Brave Pen launches “Love’s Hidden Abuse: One Woman’s Journey from Silence to Strength,” a mini-memoir by Lyndal Ash that underpins a broader global advocacy platform, funding retreats, education ...
JD Supra

First Discussion of Coercive Control in a Reported Appellate Decision Since it Was Added to the Domestic Violence Statute

The topic of coercive control is one that rightfully has gotten a lot of attention in the last few years. It is coming up more and more as part of custody cases. Moreover, in January of 2024, New ...
WSPA

South Carolina expands domestic violence law with new bill

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A bill in the state house would amend South Carolina law to create a new criminal offense, known as “coercive control,” while also broadening who qualifies as a household ...
EurekAlert!

Coercive control still under the radar according to new study

42% of Australians still have low awareness of coercive control, according to new research released this week. The study, published in Wiley Australian Journal of Social Issues, revealed that nearly ...
Opinion
Mamamia on MSNOpinion

GED KEARNEY MP: 'I said "he never hit me", but he trapped me in silence and control.'

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and ...
Law

Detecting Digital Financial Abuse in New Jersey Divorce: Red Flags, Discovery, and Protective Relief

Detecting Digital Financial Abuse in New Jersey Divorce: Red Flags, Discovery, and Protective Relief As New Jersey law increasingly recognizes non-physical patterns of coercive control, family law ...
Psychology Today

The Problem With Coercive Control

“Coercive control” is the term for a diabolical relationship pattern that can have devastating consequences. It occurs when one person unreasonably interferes with another person’s free will and ...
MassLive

‘Coercive control’ now helps define domestic violence in Mass., an important gain for those facing harm (Viewpoint)

Views expressed here represent those of the author and not necessarily of MassLive or The Republican. Readers are invited to share their opinions by emailing to letters@repub.com. When I began working ...
Opinion

Reality TV romance or coercive control: What happens when abuse becomes entertainment?

Television plays a central role in shaping cultural attitudes towards relationships. On reality TV, we encounter behaviour that gradually shifts what we accept as normal — watched weekly and packaged ...
Mamamia on MSN

In January, the first man in NSW was jailed for coercive control. I was his target.

For too long, coercive control has been the "invisible" reality of domestic abuse, leaving thousands of Australian women without clear legal recognition of their experiences. While NSW, Queensland and ...