Coauthored with Pamela J. Miller, JD., MSW. Coercive control and the severe abuse professionals refer to as “torture” can occur in intimate partner relationships and also in parent-child relationships ...

It's the abuse that doesn't leave a physical mark but leaves victims humiliated, threatened and frightened. It's coercive control.

Coercive control refers to a pattern of controlling behaviors that create an unequal power dynamic in a relationship. These behaviors give the perpetrator power over their partner, making it difficult ...

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, ...

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From left: Nicole Byers, editor-in-chief, The Australian Women’s Weekly; Nithya Reddy, advocate and Preethi Reddy’s sister; Jess Hill, advocate and author of ‘See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control ...

Coercive control would be outlawed, with jail terms of up to seven years, under a bold Coalition plan to tackle the scourge of domestic violence.

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 ...