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.

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 ...

A recently introduced Colorado bill seeks to require judges to consider "misgendering" as a form of "coercive control" during child custody disputes. If passed, the bill would pose a major threat to ...

Having spent most of her adult life in Monsey's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Julia Haart of Netflix's "My Unorthodox Life," recalls being surrounded by "chained women." These women, also called ...

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 ...

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 ...

MYRTLE BEACH — Nearly a year after Mica Miller's death, a state senator has introduced a bill that aims to criminalize coercive control, a type of systematic abuse that Mica's supporters have long ...

In May 2007, my cherished childhood friend, Shelby, was murdered by her coercively controlling, abusive, estranged husband. The heinous act was all premeditated. Weeks after she finally left him, ...

The ACT is set to criminalise coercive control by the middle of 2026, making it a standalone offence. Warning: This story references domestic and family violence and coercive control. Family Violence ...

“I can’t imagine how many girls have said, ‘He hasn’t hit me, therefore he’s not abusing me’.” Those are the words Jade Rasmussen, 28, shared as she reflected on her abusive ex being jailed last ...