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Former members of strict religious groups have told the ABC about their loved ones shunning them after they left, breaking ...
Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour by an abuser to harm, punish or frighten their victim. It’s been illegal since 2015, but would we be able to spot it if we saw it happening?
This is the insidious nature of coercive control—a pattern of behaviors designed to strip away your independence, self-confidence, and sense of reality. It’s not always about physical violence ...
According to Women’s Aid, a leading charity that tackles domestic abuse against women and girls, There were 43,774 offences of coercive control recorded by the police in England and Wales ...
The ACT Labor government has taken a step in criminalising coercive control, a pattern of behaviours frequently seen in relationships that end in domestic homicide.