A Crown Court judge today (Thursday) refused “without hesitation” an application to grant bail to a man facing ...

Writing for HuffPost UK, solicitor general Ellie Reeves MP says the law has transformed the way violence against women and girls is tackled in the last decade.

Narcissist Apocalypse surpasses 1.5 million downloads and expands survivor education through free workbooks addressing ...

Former prosecutor Rebecca Ivanoff, cousin of murder victim Kristil Krug, discusses the dangers of stalking and coercive control, the warning signs to look for, and why making a safety plan and ...

“Domestic Violence is THE issue.” That sentence summarized Sean “Diddy” Combs’ argument in his recent trial. Sure, he’d been violent towards his longtime girlfriend Cassie Ventura. But he wasn’t a sex ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

With its latest criminal justice bill, the federal government is looking to change that. If passed, Bill C-16 will see femicide recognized in the Criminal Code. It will also criminalize coercive ...

-Among people who experienced coercive control, close to 42.9 % also report physical violence — meaning controlling behavior often precedes or accompanies more overt assault (according to PMC).

A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control. Samantha Billingham, founder of UK-based organisation ...

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