Diddy's verdict may cause his victims to feel disempowered. Will it silence future women from coming forward with their abuse ...

Just this spring, the judge in the criminal trial against Sean “Diddy” Combs did not allow the prosecution’s domestic violence expert to discuss coercive control. Despite the changing landscape and ...

Barbara Reeves and Helen Scambler from Mishcon de Reya reflect on the impact of the offence of coercive and controlling ...

Generally speaking, “coercive control” is a pattern of controlling behavior, manipulation, and emotional abuse over time. It is criminalized in the UK, and seven states have passed laws that ...

Coercive control is a term popularized by sociologist Evan Stark, ... If not, she believes it's possible to talk around it at the trial and still make an impact.

In terms of a definition, love bombing is considered to be an abuse tactic wherein one person showers the other with ...

Prosecutors say Sean "Diddy" Combs controlled victims through abuse. They wanted a judge to allow expert testimony about how trauma affects the brain.

Last month, I penned an article about intimate partner violence (IPV), in which I briefly introduced coercive control as one of the most devastating forms of abuse. This phenomenon requires ...

A set of national principles seeking to address coercive control in family and domestic violence recognise that substance use can be exploited in the same way as technology or financial abuse ...

She added: "The control of your mind, the changing of you as a person is horrendous. "It's been almost 20 years since I've been out of that situation and the impact is just horrendous, the impact ...

Coercive control is a pattern of controlling behaviour, and is often used to isolate and threaten the victim. Now, it is a criminal offence in Queensland.

The government of Jersey has launched a new domestic abuse campaign to highlight that coercive and controlling behaviour is "an issue" in the island. Coercive control is a psychological form of ...