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 ...

New Victorian Liberal Party leader Jess Wilson has targeted domestic violence in her first policy announcement as opposition leader, promising to criminalise coercive control. Coercive control is a ...

The domestic violence field lost an important advocate with the passing of Andrew Cicchetti, Ph.D., in November 2024. Below are some of his ideas, with quotes taken from our personal correspondence, ...

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 ...

This research was conducted as part of a PhD project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. No additional funding was received ...

Coauthored with Mary A. Patton, PhD, psychotherapist in Dallas. Donald Trump told New York Magazine in 2002, “I always wanted to have a prenup that said, 'You will love me forever, and if you don't, ...

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.