Coercive and controlling behaviour is a feature of domestic abuse and gender-based violence, issues that have risen to the top of the social work agenda during the Covid-19 pandemic. Lockdowns and ...

Advice from a Community Care Inform guide on how to identify coercive and controlling behaviour, including practice tips on how to assist if you spot the signs Photo ...

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Members of Parliament are renewing calls for Canada to criminalize the concept of coercive control as a way of combating intimate partner violence. The House committee on the status of women made 16 ...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has marked significant strides in tackling domestic abuse with a noticeable rise in both ...

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 ...

Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has visited Westminster to push for stronger laws in domestic abuse‑related ...

A High Wycombe domestic abuser has been found guilty of coercive and controlling behaviour. Luke Emms, 38, is due to be sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on February 26, 2026. He was found guilty on ...