Domestic abuse isn’t just physical. People can be subject to assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation that is used to punish or frighten them – this is known as coercive control. Coercive ...

In a series of Instagram Stories shared on July 9, professional surfer and law student Sarah Brady, made comments on her past relationship with actor Jonah Hill. She labelled him a “misogynistic ...

Victims say the fear of violence is often worse than the violence itself, and campaigners argue more needs to be done to ...

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 ...

Domestic abusers with a history of coercive or controlling behaviour will be given tougher sentences if they kill their partner under new government plans. Judges will be asked to consider longer jail ...

Coercive and controlling behaviour is now viewed on par with other domestic abuse cases, thanks to changes under the multi-agency public protection arrangements. From Monday, those convicted of the ...

A Channel 4 documentary about Marilyn Manson features a number of women alleging he subjected them to physical, sexual and psychological abuse. (Getty Images) A three-part documentary about Marilyn ...

Fewer than one in six 16-year-olds have heard of coercive control and know what it means, a new study suggests. The research from Ulster University (UU), Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and the ...

"This is not love. This is control," is the message being given to teens in a powerful new campaign to combat coercive control abuse. The Welsh Government said it wants both young people and their ...

Westminster legislation to protect domestic abuse victims from a form of bullying known as "coercive control" is to be extended to Northern Ireland. Ex-Stormont justice minister Claire Sugden, who has ...