Domestic abuse has a higher rate of repeat offending than any other crime and encompasses a vast range of behaviours. While society immediately recognises some of these actions as abuse, other types ...

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Evan Rachel Wood appeared before lawmakers for the third time in three years this week to testify to Connecticut state senate panel as it works to define coercive or controlling behavior in relation ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WMBF) - A bill in the South Carolina Senate would further define and make what’s known as “coercive control” a crime in the state. S. 588, filed Tuesday by Republican Sen. Stephen ...

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 ...

Deputies in Robeson County have made multiple arrests and are searching for a man after an undercover operation over the past week. Officials say a man was found inside the car with multiple gunshot ...