The government said domestic violence awareness month takes place in October, and said Ms Billingham had created an ABC ...

The ACT government says coercive control will become a standalone offence by mid-2026, but opposition leader Leanne Castley ...

New research shows children who experience coercive control from parents often believe it is normal parental discipline, making help-seeking particularly difficult.

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 ...

Coercive control can include isolating a person from friends and family, monitoring their time and taking control over ...

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 Government will introduce legislation to criminalise coercive control as a standalone offence by mid-2026, Minister for the Prevention of ...

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 ...

Police are no longer just looking for “broken bones and smashed windows” when investigating domestic violence, they’re ...

Paul Furniss, 25, is also facing charges of intentional strangulation, ABH assault, threats to kill and criminal damage ...

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 ...

A scarcity of coercive control charges have been defended a year after the domestic violence behaviour was criminalised. NSW became the first Australian state to specifically outlaw coercive control - ...