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 ...

Coercive control almost always accompanies intimate partner violence (IPV), but IPV doesn’t need to accompany coercive control to effectively gain power and dominance over an intimate partner.

Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...

Distressed woman trapped in coercive control, looking anxious and isolated. Robert Kaiser, Women's Safety Expert and Author Personal safety expert Robert Kaiser shedslight on coercive control and its ...

While there is growing understanding around the use of coercive control in intimate partner violence, less is known about how children experience this kind of abuse. Coercive control is a pattern of ...

A recently introduced Colorado bill seeks to require judges to consider "misgendering" as a form of "coercive control" during child custody disputes. If passed, the bill would pose a major threat to ...

LOS ALTOS, CA, UNITED STATES, May 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- WomenSV, a nationally recognized nonprofit specializing in education and advocacy around covert abuse ...

The ACT is set to criminalise coercive control by the middle of 2026, making it a standalone offence. Warning: This story references domestic and family violence and coercive control. Family Violence ...

Coercive control, a silent epidemic impacting countless lives, takes center stage as the central theme of this conference. Attendees will explore critical subtopics, including male violence, coercive ...

It is long-standing law in Massachusetts that the best interests of a child govern custody disputes. Said another way, when parents cannot agree and the court has to make custody and parenting time ...

Having spent most of her adult life in Monsey's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, Julia Haart of Netflix's "My Unorthodox Life," recalls being surrounded by "chained women." These women, also called ...

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 ...