Many Americans will recognize violence as a symptom of domestic abuse. But abuse survivors say there are many more facets to the issue. While violence is certainly an issue to take seriously in ...

The government's bill does not detail specific coercive control behaviours which it says is deliberate.

Philadelphia legislators are considering extending employment and housing protects to victims of “coercive control.” On Thursday, City Council took up a proposal that would expand the definition of ...

This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...

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 ...

Sarah Ortiz is all too familiar with domestic violence. When the mother of three separated from her husband, she told a court he dragged her out of bed and shoved her down onto the kitchen floor. But ...

Since the Equitable Distribution Law, New York Domestic Relations Law (DRL) §236B became effective on July 19, 1980, the divorce and family law bar has seen the development and expansion of the ...

Maryland courts may no longer order mediation in custody and visitation cases when one parent makes a good-faith report of coercive control by the other, whether physical abuse is involved or not.

Finally. This past June, Massachusetts became the 49th state to criminalize so-called “revenge porn,” one component of a bill signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey. The law, “An Act to Prevent Abuse ...

Domestic violence charity Women’s Aid is highlighting the effects of coercive control in a new print and out-of-home campaign, "Not model's own", which subverts the style of a fashion campaign to ...