A 50-year old man has been jailed for a year, with another six months suspended, for the coercive control of his wife.

The victim in the case said that he once referred to their home and stated: “I will burn you in it you c*** before you live ...

All children suffer in families where one partner abuses and controls the other (Stark, 2023). In our work, we have seen that first-born child often suffer the most. In coercive control, one person ...

The article explains that traditional domestic abuse laws focus on visible violence, missing coercive control—psychological and financial abuse that leaves no scars but is equally harmful. New York ...

Coercive control is now considered domestic violence in New Jersey, according to bill signed into law earlier this month by Gov. Phil Murphy. Courts must now consider patterns of coercive control — ...

He hit her with the whip while she was holding an infant ...