Coauthored with Irena Grgona, MSc. Is your supervisor making your job a nightmare? If so, you may be suffering from workplace coercive control, an abusive strategy targeted at a specific person that ...

About a month ago, I blogged about the first reported Appellate Division decision since the Domestic Violence statute was amended, to include consideration of coercive control when considering the ...

-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).

In December, a court acquitted Nengsy Lim, 45, for the crime of “nagging” her husband. The Indonesian woman had been charged with causing her husband psychological harm with her repeated scoldings. A ...

SENTENCES FOR PEOPLE convicted of coercive control must reflect the seriousness of the crime, the National Women’s Council of Ireland has said. The remarks from the women’s organisation come after a ...

In 2021, the European Court of Human Rights instructed authorities to “promptly” revise the legal definition of domestic violence so that it covers “manifestations of controlling and coercive ...

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In the throes of intimate partner violence, Amber's dogs were more than a comfort. They were her closest confidants and a source of protection. "Looking at my dogs every day ... it shows you that it's ...